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THE THYLACINE IN ART:
- NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATION -
Image nineteen - unknown artist
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These illustrations, drawn by an unknown artist after George Harris and Ferdinand Bauer, are from F. J. Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children) (1821).  Publisher - (Weimar, Germany) : (Im Verlage des Landes Industrie Comptoirs), 1798-1830.

George Harris first published his drawings in 1808, and Bauer's drawings were published in "A Voyage to Terra Australia" in 1814.

Depicted are the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), possum (possibly Pseudocheirus peregrinus) and thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus).
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marsupial illustrations from Bilderbuch fur Kinder - unknown artist
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detail of thylacine illustration from Bilderbuch fur Kinder - unknown artist
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