Aborigines fighting

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Marchais (fl.1820s) after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Aborigines fighting
pencil and watercolour on paper, watermark JW (J Whatman)
11½ x 15¼in. (27.9 x 38.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

The style of this highly finished subject and the watermark support the attribution to Marchais (compare for example Marchais work in lot 93). The present image was not published in the Atlas Historique and the subject is again reminiscent of Petit's subjects from Baudin's voyage.

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