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A New Holland cassowary and two enlarged feathers. Etching by P. Mazell after Lt. Watts.

A Norfolk Island flying squirrel sitting on the stump of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.

A Norfolk Island petrel. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.

A sea otter on a shore; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.

A Watts shark and a front view of its mouth. Etching by P. Mazell.

A Bronze Winged pigeon. Etching by P. Mazell after A. Latham.

A female superb warbler sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.

A flying macauco (macaque). Etching by P. Mazell.

English families taken as hostages in the French Revolution, imprisoned in the orphanage of Arras. Engraving by P. Maxell, 1802, after T. Snagg.

A giraffe. Etching by P. Mazell.

A Port Jackson shark and a detail of its gill. Etching by P. Mazell.

A tapir. Etching by P. Mazell.

A kangaroo, a kangaroo-rat and details of their jaws. Etching by P. Mazell.

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Peter Mazell

Images from the collections

Images by Peter Mazell

Works from the collections

A tapir. Etching by P. Mazell.

A female superb warbler sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.

A sea otter on a shore; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.

A kangaroo, a kangaroo-rat and details of their jaws. Etching by P. Mazell.

A Watts shark and a front view of its mouth. Etching by P. Mazell.

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