[Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von] 1828-1868 :Mosquito Indian Sookoo, chief of Quamwalta [1856]

[Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von] 1828-1868 :Mosquito Indian Sookoo, chief of Quamwalta [1856]
Date
1856
By
Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von, 1828-1868; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference
A-198-023
Description

Half-length profile portrait of a man of Mosquito, Honduras, Central America. He has short straight hair and is wearing a loose shirt of European design

Reproduced as an illustration in 'Tangweera' by Charles Napier Bell (Arnold, 1899). There are instructions to the publisher inscribed on the verso

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Pencil 230 x 180 mm

Provenance: Webster had aquired the drawing from a descendant of Von Tempsky

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Portraits, Pencil 230 x 180 mm
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