Spotted Opossum or Eastern Quoll. Governor Phillip c1789

by Mazell, Peter

Brush-tailed Quoll or Dasyure antique print (ragmat mount).

This Dasyurus Viverrinus or Eastern Quoll is now extinct on the mainland and only found now in Tasmania. Original copperplate engraving by Peter Mazell for Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island published by John Stockdale in London circa 1789 (with later hand-colour)..

Arthur Phillip came to Australia as captain of the convict ship, HMS Sirius. The first Governor of the British penal colony at Port Jackson in Sydney, Arthur Phillip was appointed Captain General and Commander in Chief over the Territory of New South Wales.

Later colour, including background. Page is 300 x 225 mm (11 3/4 x 9 inches). There is a faint vertical crease to the right of the centre - to accommodate inclusion in a smaller edition. Conservation mount external measurement for frame window is