HUNTER (CAPTAIN), John
Captains HUNTER, COLLINS & JOHNFTON [sic] with Governor PHILLIP, Surgeon WHITE &c. visiting a distressed FEMALE NATIVE of NEW SOUTH WALES at a hut near PORT JACKSON c1773

Copper engraving
Published by Alexr. Hogg, Aust. 31, 1793. [London]
14.1 x 19.7  cm

Copy Illustrated: The Charlotte Medal, ANMM website Comment: This engraving was printed as plate facing p.19 of 'The new royal system of universal geography' (1793) by Michael Adams published in London. An engraving of the same subject appears as a vignette on the title page of John Hunter's An historical journal of the transactions at Port Jackson. This work shows several of the main figures of early British settlement regarding an Indigenous woman who is huddled under some bushes near a fire. Governor Phillip was well-known for his desire to treat the local Indigenous population with respect.

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