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George French Angas Lithograph, published in South Australia…
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Sydney
Date:
13-Dec-2009
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George French Angas Lithograph, published in South Australia Illustrated 1847, Plate 51, hand coloured depicting scenery, a central aboriginal figure and various artefacts, 52 x 34 cm, (76 x 56 cm frame) Note: Re-published in Cooper, C., et all, 1981, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Director's Council Ltd., Sydney, Australia, p.108, plate s122. extract information '...he reached Adelaide in January 1844. During these visits to South Australia Angas went with William Giles to the area in the vicinity of the mouth of the River Murray. In July 1845 Angas reached Sydney where he held an exhibition of paintings; a purpose of this exhibition, and of one in April 1847 after his return to London, was to solicit subscriptions for his two folio volumes published in 1847. In 1847 three of his most important works were published in London: South Australia Illustrated and The New Zealanders Illustrated, both large folios which appeared in parts...South Australia Illustrated contains 60 lithographed plates, hand-coloured, all after water-colour drawings by Angas except two or perhaps three which are after Samuel Thomas Gill. In this book, as in the other two large folios after his drawings, some of the lithography was done by Angas himself. The subjects depicted are scenery, Aboriginals, insects, butterflies, flowers and native weapons and dwellings...'
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