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C1854
Australia News from Home.
Artist:
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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S/N: AA-BAXT-001–198320
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Full Title:
Australia News from Home.
Date:
C1854
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
Image Size:
150mm
x 110mm
Frame Size:
450mm
x 400mm
AUTHENTICITY
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.
