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C1895
Thursday-Island in der Torres-Straite
Artist:
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926)
Scarce early German view of Thursday Island.
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Full Title:
Thursday-Island in der Torres-Straite
Date:
C1895
Artist:
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
130mm
x 79mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1895
Description:
Scarce early German view of Thursday Island.
Biography:
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865–1926)
German painter, author and illustrator, who specialized in natural history images. Kuhnert studied at the Royal Academic College of Fine Arts from 1883 to 1887, thereafter travelling regularly to Scandinavia, Egypt, East Africa and India to draw and paint. Kuhnert is considered one of the most important German animal painters of his time and his favorite motif was the African lion.
