EditorialKoala bears. Hindoostan Quadrupeds. 1798-1805. Koala bears (Phascolarctos cinereus). Watercolour. Inscribed on the reverse 'Coola, an animal of the oppossum tribe from New South Wales'. Watercolour. Image taken from Hindoostan Quadrupeds. Originally ...
EditorialAn example of Bahadur Shah II's calligraphy. An album of specimens collected by Lewin Bowring in Delhi. 1854. Pen-and-ink. Source: Add. 21474, f.3.
EditorialPacific swift, Apus pacificus (New Holland swallow, Hirundo pacifica). From an illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1828.
EditorialKoala or coola, Phascolarctos cinereus. Female with young. From an illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824.
EditorialEastern quoll or spotted opossum, Dasyrus viverrinus. Native to Tasmania. Illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Bradley from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.
EditorialLong-nosed potoroo or kangaroo rat, Potorous tridactylus. (Tufted tailed or mountain kanguroo, Kanguroo pencillatus.) Illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving James Basire from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuv...
EditorialRed kangaroo, Macropus rufus (Woolly kangaroo, Macropus lanigerus). Illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by H. Kearsley from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1827.
EditorialAged native of Otaheite (Tahiti) and New Hollander (Australia). Portraits by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1827.
EditorialA Hoodee o Gunna, chief of Ranghee Hoo (Rangihoua), New Zealand. Tattooed Maori chief, probably Turi-a-kuna (Tooree Oganna). Portrait by John Lewin, engraved by M. Griffith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom b...
EditorialPortrait of Yango Mungo ye Yango, a native of Bathurst's Plains, New South Wales, 19th century. He wears a possum-skin cloak. (Man of the Wiradjuri people?) Portrait by John Lewin, engraved by M. Griffith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward...