The Kanguroo an animal found on the coast of New Holland.<BR> The Opossum found in the southern extremity of New Holland.

Primary Artist

Charles Grignion (1771–1810)

Title

The Kanguroo an animal found on the coast of New Holland.
The Opossum found in the southern extremity of New Holland.

Date made

1797 (book published)

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed centre above images, 'Engraved for BANKES's New System of GEOGRAPHY Published by Royal Authority.'.
printed centre below upper image, 'The KANGUROO an Animal found on the Coast of New Holland.'.
printed lower right below lower image, 'Grignion sculp.'
printed centre below lower image, 'The OPOSSUM found in the Southern extremities of New Holland.'.
printed lower right corner, '63'.

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

Published in Thomas Banks, 'A modern, authentic and complete system of universal geography', London: Printed for C. Cooke, 1797?, facing page 11.
A copy of the engravings by James Caldwall after John Webber published in 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere’, London, England, 1784.

Web address

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t3jw92501&seq=20

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Grignion, Charles. | (1771–1810) English | Male | engraver

Last Updated

27 Oct 2025