C1854

Australia News from Home.

A famous image showing the preconceptions of colonial life in the Australian bush. The timber hut not only has have a variety of animal life but also an aborigine in a Maori cloak. This misconception of aboriginal dress had also … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Australia News from Home.

Date:

C1854

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Colour printed engraving.

Image Size: 

150mm 
x 110mm

Frame Size: 

450mm 
x 400mm
AUTHENTICITY
Australia News from Home. - Antique Print from 1854

Genuine antique
dated:

1854

Description:

A famous image showing the preconceptions of colonial life in the Australian bush. The timber hut not only has have a variety of animal life but also an aborigine in a Maori cloak. This misconception of aboriginal dress had also been used in George French Angas’s image, “Interior of Mount Gambier” plate 46 from South Australia Illustrated published in 1847.

With embossed seal card mount as issued.

George Baxter (1804 - 1867)

Baxter was a famous colour printmaker who engraved a wide variety of subjects mainly after his own designs. He developed and patented his own process of printing in oil colours from several blocks in both wood and copper.

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