print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1323
- Description
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A native American brave attacking a European woman with a tomahawk; in an oval frame set within an architectural border with feathers and axes above, after Burney, illustration to 'Adventures of a Guinea', from 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select Novels'. 1797
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1797
- Dimensions
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Height: 153 millimetres
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Width: 95 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Adventures of a Guinea
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Associated Title: Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select Novels
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1323