Artist unknown :Z. Zealander; a wild ferocious cruel savage; an inhabitant of the South Seas [London? ca 1790?]

Artist unknown :Z. Zealander; a wild ferocious cruel savage; an inhabitant of the South Seas [London? ca 1790?]
Date
1775 - 1800
By
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference
A-441-105
Description

Item appears to be one of a set of cards, possibly part of a child's alphabet card game. Shows a simplified copy of Sydney Parkinson's "A New Zealand warrior in his proper dress & compleatly armed according to their manner", which had been published in 1773.

Another card from the same game 'O Otaheitian' was separately purchased by the Library, reference number A-442-044.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving on card, 73 x 42 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2011.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Hand-coloured engraving on card, 73 x 42 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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