Print depicting formal Aboriginal combat scene from the time of the Baudin voyage, ca 1825
Print depicting formal Aboriginal combat scene from the time of the Baudin voyage, ca 1825
Print depicting formal Aboriginal combat scene from the time of the Baudin voyage, ca 1825
About this item
Full title
Date
ca 1825
Call Numbers
SV/308
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 27.5 x 35.0 cm - engraved colour printed plate, highlighted in red by hand
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The print depicts Aboriginal people in New South Wales circa 1802. Several of the figures are using or holding weapons, including long spears with barbed tips, white shields with ochre strapping, clubs, and spear throwers. In the background, standing on one leg, is a figure who bears close comparison with the man known as ‘Morore’ but named as ‘Cou...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Print depicting formal Aboriginal combat scene from the time of the Baudin voyage, ca 1825
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
‘pomel Sc.’ inscribed lower.
Attributions / Conjectures
After print by Pierre-Antoine Marchais after Nicolas-Martin Petit.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, ANZAAB bookfair, July 2015, No. 28.
Administrative / Biographical history
This plate was probably produced as a planned inclusion in the atlas ‘Historique’ of the Freycinet voyage (published 1825) and due to the lack of any captions may be said to represent an abandoned proof or trial printing. The plate is based on an original watercolour attributed to Antoine Marchais (fl. 1820s) after Nicolas-Martin Petit. Marchais wo...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/308
Record Identifier
Yezd0PW9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yezd0PW9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1373537
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