'A WOMAN OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND'

'A WOMAN OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND'

BY JAMES CALDWELL, AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING BY JOHN WEBBER (1751-1793), C.1784

a rare black and white engraving depicting a Tasmanian mother and child, in a glazed Hogarth type frame

25 x 18.2cm

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. First contact with the natives was made on the 28th January 1777.

Other engravings of this subject can be found in the Wellcome Collection and the Royal Museums, Greenwich.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.