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[Australia: News from Home.] [&] [News from Australia.]
[Designed by H.S. Melville, and Engraved, Printed and Published by George Baxter, Patentee, 11, & 12, Northampton Square, Jan.y 31, 1853.] [&] [Published May 10th, 1854, by G. Baxter, Proprietor and Patentee, London.]
Pair of Baxter prints. Sheets c.110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"). Trimmed to image as normal.
Two famous scenes of the British settlement of Australia. In 'News from Home' three European hunters sit in a ramshackle cabin with two Aboriginies, surrounded by dogs. One reads a letter from home, another is opening a letter and the third reads newspaper with a report about the 1851 Great Exhibition. On a perch is a cockatoo. In 'News from Australia' an old cobbler and his wife (in the UK) listen whilst their daughter reads a letter, in which was enclosed a £100 note, probably earned in the Gold Rush. A poster pinned to the wall reads 'Emigration to Australia the Ship Hope'.
[Ref: 60481] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Canton.
H.Melville, after a native painting. H.Jorden.
Fisher, Son & Co London, 1845.
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A view of the port in Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, it is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.
[Ref: 65311] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Australia _ News from Home.]
[Designed by H.S. Melville, and Engraved, Printed and Published by George Baxter, Patentee, 11, & 12, Northampton Square, Jan.y 31, 1853.]
Baxter print. Sheet 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"). Trimmed to image.
The famous scene of three European hunters sit in a ramshackle cabin with two Aboriginies, surrounded by dogs. One reads a letter from home, another is opening a letter and the third reads newspaper with a report about the 1851 Great Exhibition. On a perch is a cockatoo.
[Ref: 58526] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
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