Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia

Details

Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver, R.N. (1811-1889)
Sketches in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia
sixteen drawings and watercolours of natives of the islands and scenery, the majority titled
pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
10 ¾ x 15in. (27.3 x 38.1cm.) and smaller

Provenance

By descent from the artist to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The subjects include 'Village of Achio Uea', 'Yengen N.C.', 'Inhabitants of Aneiteum or Annatom New Hebrides', 'Kaoutoy Lerry Black Beach Tanna', 'Vela Vate', 'Dillon's Bay - Erromango - where Williams the Missionary was killed & eaten', 'Port Resolution Tanna', four coastal landscapes at Tasman's Isle [Raoul], 'Black Beach Tanna', 'Puebo N.C.' and three sketches of natives at Tanna.

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