C1846

Natives of Western Australia.

Artist:

$A 275

Rare c.19th engraving of Western Australian aborigines by Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, artist on board the H.M.S. Beagle References: Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 4406. Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 89a. Collections: National Library Australia: … Read Full Description

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S/N: DIAU-ABOR-01001–188761

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Categories: First Nations History, Western Australia, ABORIGINES, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS

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Full Title:

Natives of Western Australia.

Date:

C1846

Artist:

Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice (1816 - 1893)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

190mm

x 120mm

Paper Size:

218mm

x 140mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1846

Description:

Rare c.19th engraving of Western Australian aborigines by Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, artist on board the H.M.S. Beagle

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 4406.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 89a.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1770657
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS MD 2 U 14
State Library Victoria: RARELT 919.4 ST6
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 919.4042 S874
State Library of Western Australia: 919.4 STO

Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice (1816 - 1893)

Sketcher, surveyor and sailor who while serving on the Beagle, made some of the drawings subsequently reproduced in Stokes's Discoveries in Australia. He also surveyed part of the Queensland coast until severely wounded in the foot

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