Rossetti\'s Wombat tells the story of Top, a wombat who belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti for a few months in 1869.
Wombats were rarer and more expensive but the tradition of wombat owning was well established by the turn of t.
By 1860, most well-to-do people could buy a pet kangaroo from a London pet shop - and many of them did.
The book also describes the strange history of the European fascination with the wildlife of Australia, from the late 18th century onwards.
Rossetti\'s Wombat tells the story of Top, a wombat who belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti for a few months in 1869