Item 994George Shaw
C1830. Stipple engraving. C1830. 195mm by 115mm (sheet). George Shaw (1751-1813) was an English naturalist. He published the first descriptions with scientific names of several of the common and best known Australian animals, for example, the platypus, echidna, wombat, budgerigar and black snake. He provided the well-known generic name (Macropus).....

