Lot #19 - John Webber
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:The Art of Constant Rearrangement
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Sale Date:05 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
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Lot #:19
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Lot Description:John Webber
(1751 - 1793)
Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St Peter & Paul, Kamtschatka
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermarked paper, ‘J. Whatman. 1819’.
33 x 44cm -
Notes:John Webber was the official artist on Cook’s final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of ‘A Voyage to the Pacific’, published in 1784.
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Estimate:A$750 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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