A deserted Indian village in King George III Sound, New Holland.
Title
A deserted Indian village in King George III Sound, New Holland.
Date made
1798Reference
Ferguson (1941-69), 281
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'A DESERTED INDIAN VILLAGE in KING GEORGE III. SOUND, NEW HOLLAND.' Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'London Published May 1st 1798 by R. Edwards New bond Street, L. Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson Paternoster Row'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'W.Alexander del: from a Sketch made on the Spot by J. Sykes'. Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'J. Landseer Sculp:'.
Edition information
print run unknown
Production notes
A French edition of Vancouver's voyage appeared in 1801-02, with this plate titled: 'Village, Abandonne par les naturels du pays, et situe' sur le Sound du Roi George III, dans la Nouvelle-Hollande.'
Subject categories
Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: English | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Subject description
Two Europeans, one sitting, one standing, in the centre of a deserted Aboriginal encampment at King George Sound, Western Australia.
Legacy id
204605