Dante Gabriel Rossetti's frontispiece, complete with wombat, for his sister Christina's long poem Goblin Market, which includes the line "One like a wombat prowled obtuse and furry".
Featured on PDR in the essay “O Uommibatto”: How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed with the Wombat
Angus Trumble on Dante Gabriel Rossetti and company’s curious but longstanding fixation with the furry oddity that is the wombat — that “most beautiful of God’s creatures” which found its way into their poems, their art, and even, for a brief while, their homes.
Also appearing in the essay…
“Buy From Us With a Golden Curl”
Artist
Date
1862
From
Goblin Market
Image Size
876 x 1050