Victorian London's wombat craze: When artists fell for marsupials
Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's had a major obsession with wombats. He had one as a pet named "Top" that ran around outside of his home. Wombats became a focal point of his artwork, and I can't get enough of his enchanting womba…
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