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C1843
Aborigines of N.S.Wales
Artist:
James Backhouse (1794 - 1869)
Scarce early engraving of New South Wales aborigines.
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Full Title:
Aborigines of N.S.Wales
Date:
C1843
Artist:
James Backhouse (1794 - 1869)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
160mm
x 90mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1843
Description:
Scarce early engraving of New South Wales aborigines.
Biography:
James Backhouse (1794-1869)
Backhouse was a sketcher, naturalist and Quaker missionary who extensively travelled the colony on foot and made a record of his journey in. He gave a valuable herbarium collected in Australia to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
From A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies.
