Lot #20 - DALE, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George’s Sound and the adjacent country
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Collection of Martin Copley AM
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Sale Date:22 Oct 2017 ~ 2pm
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Lot #:20
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Lot Description:DALE, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George’s Sound and the adjacent country
London, 1834. Small octavo, pp 20 with hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece ‘Portrait of Yagan, King of the Swan River’, after George Cruikshank; original lilac wrappers (oxidized), stab-sewn as issued. -
Notes:Very rare pamphlet published to accompany Dale’s aquatint panorama. The severed head of Yagan, the Aboriginal warrior, was sent to England and displayed in a museum.
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Estimate:A$5,000 - 6,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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