Rossetti's Wombat: Pre-Raphaelites and Australian Animals in Victorian London

by John Simons

Rossetti's Wombat tells the story of Top, a wombat who belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti for a few months in 1869. The book also describes the strange history of the European fascination with the wildlife of Australia, from the late 18th century onwards. By 1860, most well-to-do people could buy a pet kangaroo from a London pet shop - and many of them did. Wombats were rarer and more expensive but the tradition of wombat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904750605
• ISBN13: 9781904750604
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Libri Publishing Ltd
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"