Parkinson, Sydney 1745-1771 :Two natives of New Holland advancing to combat ; New Zealand warrior in his proper dress & armour. - [London ; London magazine, 1773].

On the left, two Aboriginal men, their bodies painted, striding to the left. One holds a shield, the other a barbed spear. On the right a standing Maori warrior in a dogskin cloak, holding a tewhatewha, a patu tucked into his waistband. He has feathers in his hair and wears two whale-tooth ornaments and a third curved bone object around his neck. A palm tree in the background divides the two subjects

Mounted on a backing board above Thornton's engraving A man of the Duke of York's Island ...1793 (A-111-061).

Derived from engravings by Chambers after Parkinson on Cook's 1st voyage in: Parkinson, S. A journal of a voyage to the South Seas. London, 1773. Pl. 27 x 15. The titles in the original engravings substantially match those used here.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Engraving, 113 x 176 mm, on sheet 121 x 228 mm