BIB_ID
338841
Accession number
MA 38.49
Creator
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848.
Published
[1803-1817]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Captain Burney's five-volume histories of the voyages of discovery were published between 1803 and 1817.
This drawing is untitled; the title of the published engraving is "Appearance of the Coast at Salomon Sweert's Point, and of the Inhabitants."
This drawing is untitled; the title of the published engraving is "Appearance of the Coast at Salomon Sweert's Point, and of the Inhabitants."
8 x 10 3/8 inches (204 x 263 mm)
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Drawing shows two naked figures in a heavily rowboat; one standing at the front of the boat holding a large shell; the second figure seated at the rear and rowing the boat; two depictions of a hilly shoreline are behind them.
Medium
sepia on paper
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