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Dale, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic…
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Melbourne
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22-Oct-2017
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Dale, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George's Sound and the adjacent country. London, 1834. Small octavo, pp 20 with hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece 'Portrait of Yagan, King of the Swan River', after George Cruikshank, original lilac wrappers (oxidized), stab-sewn as issued. Very rare pamphlet published to accompany Dale's aquatint panorama. The severed head of Yagan, the Aboriginal warrior, was sent to England and displayed in a museum.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents