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140496

Title
Native Cattamaran [i.e. Catamaran] / Co New Guinea / Huxley
Creator
Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895
Call number
SV*/NG-E/2
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1849
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings
Reference code
140496
Physical Description
Drawings - 27.8 x 36.1 cm. - 1 pencil drawing
General note

The signature appears to be in Huxley's hand after comparison with letter in: Autographs of eminent persons (A 26 p.37 Mitchell Library) see collection record; Sir Henry Parkes - Autographed letters collected by Parkes, ca. 1538, 1656, 1662, 1667, 1695, 1704-1705, 1755, 1774, 1777, 1796, 1800-1894.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Signed in pencil at lower right of image, "Huxley".
Titled in pencil at lower right.
At upper centre of image in pencil, "T 2 m 1 Om"
Date note

Dated from the time that the Kennedy expedition was in New Guinea waters, see J. MacGillivaray, "Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1846-1850". London: Boone, 1852. (Mitchell Library).
Topic
canoes
indigenous people
vessels (watercraft)
Place
Louisiade Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)
New Guinea

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