Prince Lee Boo, Second fils d'Abba Thulle.
Miss Keate Del. H. M.le S. Jouan, Scup.
1788.
A rare stipple. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼") Trimmed within plate.
Prince Lee Boo (c.1764 - 1784), from the Palau Islands (modern Micronesia). Captain Henry Wilson brought him back to England in 1783, having spent three months on the islands where his vessel was shipwrecked. Lee Boo died of small pox soon afterwards. After Georgiana Keate (1770 - 1850), daughter of landscape painter George Keate (1727-97). She married John Henderson (1764 - 1843), the patron of Girtin and Turner and became mother of John Henderson (1797 - 1878).
[Ref: 46687] £230.00
1788.
A rare stipple. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼") Trimmed within plate.
Prince Lee Boo (c.1764 - 1784), from the Palau Islands (modern Micronesia). Captain Henry Wilson brought him back to England in 1783, having spent three months on the islands where his vessel was shipwrecked. Lee Boo died of small pox soon afterwards. After Georgiana Keate (1770 - 1850), daughter of landscape painter George Keate (1727-97). She married John Henderson (1764 - 1843), the patron of Girtin and Turner and became mother of John Henderson (1797 - 1878).
[Ref: 46687] £230.00