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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  29 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 684
  30 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 685 - 1314
• Lot #:
  968
• Lot Description:
  George French Angas
  (1822–1886)
  A collection of seventeen full page coloured lithographic plates from “South Australia Illustrated”
  each approx. 49 x 34cm
  [London, 1847]; all accompanied by the relevant descriptive pages: The frontispiece title page. Plate V. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. Plate VI. Native Weapons and Implements. Plate VIII. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. Plate XI. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. Plate XVIII. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. Plate XXIV. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. (repaired tear). Plate XXVII. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Ornaments and Utensils. Plate XXX. Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants. Implements and Domestic Economy. Plate XXXV. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Typical Portraits. (repaired tear). Plate XXXVII. Entomology of South Australia. Lepidoptera. Plate XL. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Various Methods of Disposing of the Dead. Plate XLII. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Plate XLVIII. Entomology of South Australia, Orthoptera, &c. Plate L. Entomology of South Australia. (Coleoptera.) Plate LI. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Native Implements and Domestic Economy. Plate LIX. The Aboriginal Inhabitants. Mintalta and Tyilkilli. all still bound in a contemporary volume from which the other plates have been excised.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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