DescriptionThe Reception of the Rev. J. Williams, at Tanna, in the South Seas, the Day Before He Was Massacred, 1841 (B-088-015).jpg
English: The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams, at Tanna, in the South Seas, the Day Before He Was Massacred.
A palm-fringed
Tanna island with a mountain in the rear, in the colonial
New Hebrides. The Rev. John Williams is stepping from a rowboat, surrounded by other Europeans, about to go ashore. On shore is a crowd of Vanuatuans in 1839.
Designed, engraved and published on the 1st day of January 1841, by the patentee of oil colour printing, George Baxter... London.
1 colour art print(s) Hand-coloured engraving 220 x 320 mm. Single art work.
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