Echidna Setosa (Hairy Echidna)
Artist
Gould, John
Richter, Henry Constantine
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Object Detail
Title
Echidna Setosa (Hairy Echidna)
Medium
hand-coloured lithograph, with gum wash
Measurements
image: 32.0 x 52.0 cm, dimensions variable sheet: 37.0 x 54.7 cm, dimensions variable
Object type
Interpretive text
This hand-coloured lithograph is originally from John Gould’s 1863 book The Mammals of Australia. The Englishman Gould and his illustrator, Henry Constantine Richter, were encountering Australian native animals for the first time. Many prints, including this image of what Gould named echidna setosa (hairy echidna), treated the creatures as if they were fascinating objects from “another planet.”
Artspace Mackay 2021
Artspace Mackay 2021
Credit line
Mackay Regional Council Art Collection Donated by Wilson & Company, Stock and Sharebrokers, 1987
Accession number
1996.9
