A Poto Roo Rama The illustration appeared as plate

The illustration appeared as plate 10 and 11 of the published paper 'Account of several phaenomena observed during the Ingress of Venus into the solar disc' by William Hirst

He is modelling an Oxford Bags dress

Panoramic view of the Great Exhibition of 1851

and the clerks at the centre of the row would simply have to wait a little longer for their case to be resolved

A Poto Roo Rama The illustration appeared as plateZoological study of the Long nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) sometimes known as the rat kangaroo, a marsupial native to Australia. Plate 60 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The plate is inscribed: 'S. Stone delin. A Poto Roo. Published as the Act directs Dec: 29, 1789, by J. Debrett.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1790