C1885

New Guinea Sketches Port Moresby Natives in Typical Attitudes

Artist:

John William Lindt (1845 - 1926)

$A 35

Colonial engraving of Papua New Guinea natives from a photograph by John William Lindt when he was the official photographer on the New Guinea Expedition led by Sir Peter Scratchley. From the original edition of the Australian Sketcher.

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S/N: AS-PI-NG-851021168A–234633

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Full Title:

New Guinea Sketches Port Moresby Natives in Typical Attitudes

Date:

C1885

Artist:

John William Lindt (1845 - 1926)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

233mm

x 165mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1885

Description:

Colonial engraving of Papua New Guinea natives from a photograph by John William Lindt when he was the official photographer on the New Guinea Expedition led by Sir Peter Scratchley.

From the original edition of the Australian Sketcher.

John William Lindt (1845 - 1926)

Lindt was a photographer, born at Frankfurt on Main, Germany, son of Peter Joseph Lindt, excise officer, and his wife Justine, née Rambach. At 17 he ran away to sea and joined a Dutch sailing ship. He deserted at Brisbane; by 1863 he was at Grafton as a piano-tuner and then worked in a photographic studio. He visited Germany in 1867 and on his return bought the business. Using the wet-plate process he photographed the Clarence River district and its Aboriginals, producing albums in 1875 and 1876.

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