Forest plants - Vanuatu

From: Sandys, Edward Roper Stapleton, b 1845 :[Seven charcoal drawings of New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. ca 1888-1889]

Reference: C-169-011

Description: Shows a number of men at a river on the island of Vanua Lava, part of the Vanuatu group of islands. The man in the foreground is European, the other three in the picture probably islanders. The river's banks show rocks and thick vegetation, and the air is hazy with sulphurous fumes Other Titles - South Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E S [in charcoal]; Recto - beneath image - The River of Gold. "Vanua Lava". Banks Group. S. Pacific / Rocks covered with sulphur. Sulphur fumes rising! [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal on paper, 480 x 630 mm Provenance: Previously in a private collection belonging to descendants of the artist

From: Sandys, Edward Roper Stapleton, b 1845 :[Seven charcoal drawings of New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. ca 1888-1889]

Reference: C-169-010

Description: Shows a man from the island of Vanua Lava, standing thigh-deep in a river. He is bare-chested but wears a cloth around his waist. The river's banks show rocks and thick vegetation Other Titles - South Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - E Sandys [in charcoal]; Recto - beneath image - "The River of Gold". "Vanua Lava" - Banks' Islands. S. Pacific [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal on paper, 480 x 630 mm Provenance: Previously in a private collection belonging to descendants of the artist