Australian Pademelon Wallaby antique print. Thétis (Halmaturus Thetis).

by Werner, Jacques Christophe

Thétis (Pademelon), Halmaturus Thetis (now Thylogale Thetis) c1824.

Original hand-coloured lithograph, drawn and lithographed by Jacques Christophe Werner (1798-1856). Lithograph printed by Pierre Langlumé (1790-1830) for Histoire Naturelle des Mammifere, avec des figures orginales, coloriées, dessinées d’apres des animaux vivans.. par M. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire et par M. Frédéric Cuvier (Natural History of Mammals, with original coloured figures, drawn after living animals.. by Monsieur Etienne Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) amd by Monsieur Frederic Cuvier), published in Paris c.1824.

This is a lovely early antique print of a kangaroo, but the paper is slightly soiled. Engraving size is approximately 20 x 26cm (approx. 8 x 10 inches).