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Frederick Polydore NodderThe Monitory Lizard, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 17901790
1790
About the Item
'The Monitory Lizard'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1790, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
120mm by 195mm (platemnark).
Early engraving of an Australian lizard from Shaw & Nodder's 'The Naturalist's Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature 1790-1813'.
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- Creation Year:1790
- Dimensions:Height: 4.73 in (12 cm)Width: 7.68 in (19.5 cm)
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- Condition:Very thin top margin, only about 1mm beyond platemark.
- Gallery Location:Melbourne, AU
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1244213822472
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