Original nineteenth-century engraving titled Inhabitants of New Caledonia, showing a Melanesian coastal scene: the canoe drawn up in the inlet, palm trees, and the village of huts on the cliff above. Published in London by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row.
Original nineteenth-century engraving titled Inhabitants of New Caledonia, showing a Melanesian coastal scene: the canoe drawn up in the inlet, palm trees, and the village of huts on the cliff above. Published in London by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row.
Between 1820 and 1850 Thomas Kelly published in London some of the great illustrated works of geography and travel sold by subscription, for which hundreds of engravings of this kind were made recording the newly explored territories of the Pacific.
Medium: Steel engraving
Publisher: Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row, London
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 in (27 x 20.8 cm)
Condition: Image clean and of good contrast; toning and foxing in the margins, heavier at the corners