J.Alphonse Pellion (fl.1817-1820)
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J.Alphonse Pellion (fl.1817-1820)

Voyage à Bathurst. Jedat Némaré. Sauvages de la nouvelle galles du Sud dans leur Camp, d'après nature

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J.Alphonse Pellion (fl.1817-1820)
Voyage à Bathurst. Jedat Némaré. Sauvages de la nouvelle galles du Sud dans leur Camp, d'après nature
inscribed as title, inscribed (Jédat) '-cheveux noirs unis comme/les européens./- Bandeau de ... Rouge/- veste rouge à Collet Jaune/-dents de Kangaroos pendues/à la poitrine/- une pipe en bois dans le bandeau -' (upper left) and (némaré) '-cheveux noirs laineux graillés/et séparés par m...tres/- Gilet jaune dont il/marque une manche' (upper right)
pen and ink on paper, watermark bottom of crown and M (Montgolfier)
9 3/8 x 11 7/8in. (23.7 x 30.2cm.)
and three proofs, two annotated and one handcoloured for plate 100 in the Atlas Historique (4)
Exhibited
Paris, 1962, no.169 (Pellion).
Engraved
Atlas Historique, pl.100 (including the third bust of Tara between Jédat and Némaré).
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Lot Essay

Jédat and Némaré were drawn by Pellion on the Blue Mountains expedition in November 1819. The two aborigines are wearing cast-off European clothes and Jedat wears a prized necklace of Kangaroo teeth. The colour notes on the original drawing are followed on the handcoloured plate.

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