On the subject of wombats...

mrsD, I came across some interesting artwork.
I was actually looking for images of wombats done by Sir Joseph Banks. He was the botanist and naturalist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyage that included Australia back in 1770.

Instead I came across something from Tate Britain and then from The British Museum.

It appears that Rosetti kept one as a pet.
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He apparently described his wombat as 'a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness'.


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William Bell Scott


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Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
Rossetti lamenting the death of his wombat,
a pen drawing
England, 1869


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"Mrs. Morris and the Wombat",
a cartoon by Rossetti

I still haven't found the Joseph Banks impression.