Opossum Collection

HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959

Male Type / Traveller 1922
Happy chap in a cosy double- breasted overcoat lined in opossum & with a fur roll collar, also a flat cap, narrow trousers with turn-ups, spats & gloves

Photograph of woman modelling opossum fur. With description, The Importance of Opossum; Our photograph shows a quaint pelerine scarf of pure white ermine

All the animals whose pelts were favoured by the fashion industry in 1908. 1. American Wolf, 2. Brown Bear, 3. Skunk, 4. Canadian Wolf, 5. Coyote, 6. Grey Squirrel, 7. Common Squirrel, 8

Aardvark and giant armadillo
Aardvark, Orycteropus afer 1, and giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus 2. Oritteropo del Capo di Buona Speranza, Priodonte gigante

Eastern quoll and water opossum
Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus 1, water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus 2. Dasyurus Maugei, Dasiuro di Mauge, Chironette yapock

Woman in velvet coursing outfit trimmed with opossum
Woman in coursing outfit in plum velvet trimmed with opossum fur, hunting shoes with white gaiters, dog in green coat. Toilette de coursing en velours prune garnie d opossum

Woman in evening gown of black satin and tulle, edged with brillants. Robe de soir satin noir et tulle, bordee de brillants

Woman in old velvet dress with opossum fur trim, 1913
Woman in old velvet dress with opossum fur trim, and girl in chiffon velvet dress trimmed with swan down. Robe de velours ancien garnie d opossum, robe de fillette en velours chiffon bordee de cygne

Woman in velvet cape, damask dress and pink slippers
Woman in white velvet cape embroidered with pearls, white damask dress and pink slippers in front of Chinese lacquer screen

Four-eyed opossum and false vampire bat
Four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, and false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum. (Marine oppossum of Terra Firma and Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.) Copperplate engraving by A

Gray four-eyed opossum and Linnaeuss mouse opossum
Gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, and Linnaeuss mouse opossum, Marmosa murina. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Virginia opossum and cassava
Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana 1, and cassava or yuca, Manihot esculenta 2. Manicou (Didelphe a oreilles bicolores), Manioc

Eastern quoll or spotted opossum, Dasyrus viverrinus. Native to Tasmania. Illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Yapok or water opossum, Chironectes minimus (yapock or palmated opossum, Chironectes palmata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith

Guianan short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis brevicaudata
Northern red-sided opossum or Guianan short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis brevicaudata (Touan of Buffon, Didelphis brachyura)

Crab eating opossum, Didelphis marsupialis cancrivora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
Virginia or North American opossum, Didelphis virginiana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824

Opossum Mouse 19C
Opossum Mouse with its babies on its back, hanging on by their tails

Australian Ring-Tailed Opossum. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens fur trim coat 1915
High waistline with fullness in the hem of the skirt with Russian collar, made from black chiffon velvet and fur trim. 1915

Kangaroo, badger and opossum, Macropus giganteus, Meles meles, Didelphis virginiana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Guinea hog and Merian opossum, Sus scrofa, Didelphys murina.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Virginian opossum, Didelphis virginiana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus, and water opossum, Chironectes minimus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France

Gray four-eyed opossum, Didelphis opossum, and Linnaeus mouse opossum, Marmosa murina.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Lutreolina crassicaudata, thick-tailed opossum
Illustration of Lutreolina crassicaudata, thick-tailed opossum

Monodelphis fosteri, shrewish short-tailed opossum, skin and skull. Specimen taken from the Natural History Museum mammals collection

Opossum, 18th Century
Several species of opossum are found in New Holland (Australia); this may be the mulgara

Astrakhan & Possum Fur
A full-length astrakan coat with a wrap-over front & wide dolman sleeves, a large stand-fall collar, cuffs & hem in Australian opossum. N.B belt with decorative clasp

Opossum Didelphis 19C
Opossum Didelphis with its young in its pouch

Fur Collar 1938
Collar in Sable Australian Opossum with bow fronts

Flying Opossum (Bewick)
The FLYING OPOSSUM of New South Wales, Australia

Mex. Opossum (Bewick)
The MEXICAN OPOSSUM is found in the mountainous parts of New Spain

Opossums (Bewick)
Left, the SARAGOY, or MULUCCA OPOSSUM, from the East Indies. Right, the MURINE, from the warmer regions of South America

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