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#MarsupialMonday :
Watercolor studies of “Phascolarctos or Native Bear” (#Koala ) by James Stuart, c.1831-41.
The State Library of New South Wales Mitchell Library:
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lDMLY
[Volume 04: Natural history drawings of marsupials, reptiles and rodents, ca. 1831-1841 / by James Stuart / Linnean Society of N.S.W. collection.]

“Phascolarctos or native bear” in pencil bottom margin watercolor studies of a koala paws (4)

Bilby, Bilby Experience, Charleville, QLD, 2018 #MarsupialMonday #NaturePhotography

Small grey marsupial with a long white-tipped tail, long pinkish ears, and a pointed snout, eating seeds from a bowl on a sandy floor.

#MarsupialMonday :
John Breckinridge Martin
(USA, 1857-1938)
Possum, 1910
Pastel, 19 1/2 × 16 in. (49.53 × 40.64 cm)
Dallas Museum of Art 1950.95
https://www.dma.org/art/collection/object/5045717
#Opossum

#MarsupialMonday :
#Koala , c. 1913
Henrik Immanuel Wigström (1862-1923) (workmaster)
Fabergé (jeweller)
Agate, demantoid garnets, silver | 6.6 x 8.2 x 7.3 cm
Bought by King George V from Fabergé's London branch, 13 November 1913
Royal Collection Trust RCIN 40407 https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/40407/koala-bear

"A koala bear, carved in honey-coloured agate with cabochon emerald eyes, poised on a chased silver branch."

#ManuscriptMonday + #MarsupialMonday :
#Opossum characters are found in several Mesoamerican codices; here is an amazing sequence from the Aztec Codex Fejérváry-Mayer of an opossum warrior-god performing a ritual decapitation:
http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/fejervary_mayer/ (original now in National Museums Liverpool)

Composite image showing a six panel sequence from plates 38-43 of the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer (multicolor illuminated manuscript, before 1521, Aztec) of an opossum warrior-god engaged in ritual combat and decapitation of its opponent. The fifth frame may depict a head-shrinking ceremony; the final frame depicts the opossum ascending the path to the star-sky.

#ManuscriptMonday + #MarsupialMonday:
#Opossum characters are found in several Mesoamerican codices; here is an amazing sequence from the Aztec Codex Fejérváry-Mayer of an opossum warrior-god performing a ritual decapitation:
http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/fejervary_mayer/ (original now in the National Museums Liverpool collection)

#MarsupialMonday + #MonochromeMonday :
Paul Landacre (USA, 1893-1963)
Richard the #Opossum , 1936
Wood engraving on Japan paper
4 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (12.0 x 14.7 cm)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29329/lot/40/paul-landacre-american-1893-1963-richard-the-opossum/

black and white woodcut print of an opossum standing up next to a bunch of grapes, with one fallen at its feet; closeup of an additional unidentified fruit in lower right corner that opossum appears to be side eyeing

#MarsupialMonday :
#Kangaroo and baby, by Fabergé, c. 1913
Nephrite & rose diamonds
8.8 x 3.1 x 9.7 cm
Royal Collection Trust RCIN 40269
“This humorous carving of a kangaroo and baby was bought by King George V in November 1913 for £23.”
https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/3/collection/40269/kangaroo-and-baby

“A kangaroo with a baby in her pouch, carved in nephrite (green jade), both with rose diamond eyes.” “The extraordinary range of animals that Fabergé produced is testament to the sustained demand for these products from his clients. For this example, the sculptors have chosen to use Siberian nephrite rather than a more realistically-coloured stone, however anatomically the carving is accurate.”

#MarsupialMonday :
Walter Inglis Anderson (USA, 1903-1965)
#Opossum , 1984
linoleum block print
from the book An Alphabet [Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1984]

scanned image from a book, linoleum block print in black and white with most of lettering and ornamentation in black but letter “O” of the word “Opossum” and image of the opossum highlighted in magenta [educational use]

#MarsupialMonday :
George Browning (Australia, 1918-2000)
Marsupial Mother [ #Bandicoot ], c.1959
oil on paper on cardboard, 20.0 × 27.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria 347-5 https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3449/

oil painting in landscape orientation depicting a mother bandicoot with two young in their underground burrow

#MarsupialMonday:
Charles Culver (USA, 1908-1967)
Possum, n.d.
charcoal & pastel on paper, 12 by 15 1/4 in. (30.5 by 38.8 cm.)
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/charles-culver-1908-1967-77-c-dmgc6ffsqj
#opossum #marsupial

simple but charming sketch of a Virginia Opossum curled up in a ball, with artist signature visible on lower left corner

#MarsupialMonday + #monochromemonday :
Clifton Pugh (Australian, 1924-1990)
Feather-Tailed Glider, Long-Tailed Pygmy Possum, and Eastern Quoll, c.1990
soft ground etchings, signed & numbered
#Marsupials

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Feather-Tailed-Glider/61E2D0F5E062D3D9
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Long-Tailed-Pygmy-Possum/E0D04794BC3B448A
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Eastern-Quoll/C2AF9

3 etchings, each featuring an illustration of a different Australian marsupial on a branch amongst foliage, all sepia toned in portrait orientation on cream colored paper and signed & numbered on bottom margin etching 1: feather-tailed glider

#MarsupialMonday + #MonotremeMonday pair:
James E Bourhill (British, fl.1880-1887)
1. Red #Kangaroo, 1885
oil on canvas 22½ x 31 in
2. Duck-Billed #Platypus, 1886
oil on canvas 22¼ x 30½ in
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Red-Kangaroo/4C3E659DDD21E9C3
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Duck-Billed-Platypus/AD7747DB3CFF54A3
#monotremes #marsupials #AustralianAnimals

oil painting, landscape orientation, in gilded gold frame
red kangaroo family in a landscape - red male to left, brown female to right with joey in pouch

#MarsupialMonday:
Margaret Preston (Australian, 1875-1963)
#Kangaroos Feeding, 1945
Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/KANGAROOS-FEEDING/D26FF4F553A3151E
#WomenArtists

modernist painting, brown color palette: kangaroos grazing in native wooded landscape

There is no use hiding. It’s Monday.

Good news is it’s #MarsupialMonday!

Today we have the always adorable but mysterious & shy Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

From the Dasyuridae family (who are largely insectivores), they are unique being the largest carnivorous marsupial.

#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #AnimalScience

A smol Tasmanian devil hiding in the undergrowth. In the centre of screen one can just make out its eye and whiskers, perfectly framed by some green foliage above.

Photo of a Tasmanian devil facing towards camera. The white marks above it’s eyes gives it a look of anxiousness. With it’s cute pink/red ears makes you want to round forward and scoop them up in an embrace of loving kindness. However, being the shy little critter they are, appreciate you not doing that.

Tasmanian devil standing facing to the right. They have a white mark above their right eye, just left of centre. Their fat tail is a little red where there is some missing fur.

Today is not only #MarsupialMonday, but it's also the inaugural #InternationalTasmanianDevilDay !
Here is the first published image of a Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) from 1808, initially described as the "Bear Opossum," alongside the first published image of a Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), similarly described as the "Dog-Headed Opossum" or "Zebra Opossum." Both images are from sketches made in 1806 by George Prideaux Harris, an Assistant Surveyor in Hobart Town.

@webuiltthiscity Saw and thought of you:
#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, and an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.

https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up

#biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart
https://historians.social/@art_history_animalia/110653225754500667

#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, and an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.

https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up

#biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart

top caption: "PLATE XI." bottom caption: "SCENCE IN TASMANIA, WITH CHARACTERISTIC MAMMALIA." Black & white lithograph illustration of several animals in a landscape. Left background: large striped animals: 2 zebra-wolves (as Thylacinus cynocephalus) Left foreground: 2 bandicoots (as Perameles gunnii) Right: 2 wombats (as Phascolomys wombat) Vombatus ursinus Foreground: 1 porcupine ant-eater (as Echidna setosa)

@loren Here's an opossum that visited our yard a few years back. We still have some living on our hill but they don't come down this close any more since we got Coraline. #MarsupialMonday #photography

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