[Five figures of South Pacific natives, including an Australian Aborigine, from Wilhelm Gottlieb Bec...
[Five figures of South Pacific natives, including an Australian Aborigine, from Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker's 'Almanach und Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen’, 1801] [engraving] / Sollerer del. & Cl. Kohl
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Full title
Date
1801
Call Numbers
SSV/147
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 23 x 18 cm - copper engraving, hand-coloured
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This illustration from W.G. (Wilhelm Gottlieb) Becker's book 'Almanach und Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen’ 1801, shows five numbered South Pacific natives, each posing with different weapons, including one Indigenous Australian (No. 2) holding a shield in his left hand and spear-like weapon in his right, modelled after the earliest known ima...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Five figures of South Pacific natives, including an Australian Aborigine, from Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker's 'Almanach und Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen’, 1801] [engraving] / Sollerer del. & Cl. Kohl
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
"No. 5" at top.
"Sollerer del." at lower left; "Cl. Kohl. direxit." lower right.
Conservation note
Fox spotting, mostly at margins.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased fron Antipodean Books, 20 December 2016.
Administrative / Biographical history
Johann Sollerer (1747 -1809) and Clemens Kohl (1754 -1807) were Austrian illustrators and artists. Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (1753 - 1813) was a German art historian, numismatist, and author.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/147
Record Identifier
nZNWMDJn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWMDJn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1005897
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