Item 2: [A native of New Caledonia / by unknown German artist, after William Hodges, ca 1774-ca 1780...
Item 2: [A native of New Caledonia / by unknown German artist, after William Hodges, ca 1774-ca 1780]
About this item
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Date
ca 1774-ca 1780
Call Numbers
PXD 1501/Item 2
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 29.6 x 21.6 cm - grey wash and pen
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The portrait is a drawing in grey wash with slight pen work on paper and is framed by a double line in black ink. The paper is watermarked 'C & I Honig'.
The drawing is of a New Caledonian man in profile with a beard and wearing a tall cylindrical matted hat with feathers and strings attached. It is inscribed in German on lower left margin,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 2: [A native of New Caledonia / by unknown German artist, after William Hodges, ca 1774-ca 1780]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Numbered in upper-left corner '8'.
Date note
No date. Dates based on Cook's visit to New Caledonia in 1774 and Georg Forster’s published account of the voyage 'A Voyage Round the World' (London, 1777).
Description source
Titled by cataloguer.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
William Hodges was the official artist on James Cook's 2nd voyage (1772-1775), and produced many ethnographical drawings of the inhabitants of Pacific islands they visited. German Johann Forster and his son Georg Forster were naturalists onboard. Georg Forster’s published account of the voyage 'A Voyage Round the World' (London, 1777), contributed...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1501/Item 2
Record Identifier
nV2WOrZn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2WOrZn
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Reference code
9639050
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