Description
This is a black-and-white print of a drawing made by the French artist Nicolas-Martin Petit on Bruny Island, off south-east Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), on 31 January 1802. It is a portrait of a young woman, Arra-Maida. She has short, woolly hair and is wearing an animal-skin garment that hangs over one shoulder, but her breasts are exposed. She is carrying a baby on her hip and its face can be seen near her right breast. The print, measuring 31.8 cm x 24.2 cm, was published in France in 1807 as Plate no XII (12) in 'Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes (Atlas)' or 'Voyage of discovery to the Austral Lands (Atlas)'.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Nicolas-Martin Petit, artist, 1802 Barthelemy Roger, artist, 1807 J Milbert, collaborator, 1807 de l'Imprimerie de Langlois, Paris, publisher, 1807 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an7573644
TLF resource R4036 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
