Rossetti lamenting the death of his wombat, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 6 November 1869

I never reared a young wombat to glad me with his pin-hole eye, but when he most was sweet & fat and tail-less; he was sure to die! Date: 6 November 1869. Dimensions: height: 17.9 cm (7 in); width: 11.3 cm (4.4 in). Medium: pen on paper. Collection: British Museum. Death of A Wombat