Rare, and important, early c.19th hand coloured engraving from the Baudin voyage of exploration, of an aboriginal man with animal skin from Bruny Island from the important French voyage of exploration under the command of Nicholas Baudin.
For the original water colour from which this engraving was made see; Bonnemains, Baudin in Australian Waters, the Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1800-1 804. Item: 20018.1, pg 149
From Peron, Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes, execute sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 … Paris.
References:
Dunmore, J. French Explorers in the Pacific. Oxford 1965-69 : vol. II, pp. 9-40
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 449
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 1329
Perry, T. & Prescott, D. A Guide to Maps of Australia in Books Published 1780-1830. Canberra 1996: 1811.12
Sharp, A. The Discovery of Australia. Oxford 1963 : pp. 232-39
Tooley, R. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979: 616
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 : pp. 153-159, [78a-81]
Collections:
Australian National University: 154258130
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/bpt6k74602q
National Library Australia: Bib ID 87123
Power House Museum: 220290870
State Library New South Wales: 1807-1817 MRB/F980
State Library South Australia: 919.4 P453.2 b
State Library Victoria: RARELTBF 919.4 P42V
State Library Western Australia: 4987B Vol. 147
