Melville, Harden S. {Baxter Print}

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George Baxter, c. 1854. Etching, wood engraving, 125 x 160mm, on larger mount, some creases to edges of mount, ink stamp verso- "Webster Collection 5038"

A famous image showing the preconceptions of colonial life in the Australian bush. The timber hut not only has have a variety of animal life but also an aborigine dressed in a Maori cloak. This misconception of aboriginal dress had also been used by George French Angas in his image, "Interior of Mount Gambier". Settlers reading letters and a dog and game on the floor with a parrot on a perch. Item #90374

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