Patêt: Australians of King George's Sound [engraving, hand coloured]

J Bull ; engraver (from he natural history of man / by James Cowles Prichard)

Verlag: London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1842

Beschreibung

Plate no. XXV of: The natural history of man / by James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848). Description: 1 print : stipple engraving, hand colour ; sheet 22.3 x 14 cm. 'James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848) spent several decades amassing pictorial information to support his theory that all of the world's inhabitants shared a common ancestry and were originally dark skinned. His Natural History of Man contained portraits of the various human races drawn from published voyage and expedition accounts, and was an important foundation for modern ethnological science'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mgs107

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Patêt: Australians of King George's Sound [...

Verlag: London: Hippolyte Bailliere

Erscheinungsdatum: 1842

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good