Portrait drawings of Australian and Tahitian people by John Lewin, James Stuart and H. B. W. Allan, 1801-[1838?] / from the collection of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

fonds

1801-[1838?]

Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Prints

1009051

11 drawings
3 watercolours
1 print

The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland was formed when the Ethnological Society merged with the Anthropological Society in 1871. The word 'Royal' was added in 1907. It is the world's longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in its broadest and most inclusive sense.

The drawings in this collection were inventoried in the Institute's 1897 Register of Negatives, Prints and Slides, but their provenance is not described or known.

References:
The RAI website: www.therai.org.uk (accessed 12 July 2017)
Library correspondence file

The drawings were acquired by the Institute from unknown sources some time before 1897. They were inventoried in the Institute's 1897 Register of Negatives, Prints and Slides.

This collection comprises a total of 15 portrait drawings of Australian and Tahitian people by John Lewin, James Stuart and H. B. W. Allan from the period 1801 to [1838?].

FILE 1
Portraits of Aboriginal Australians and Tahitians, 1801-[1802?] / drawings by John William Lewin

FILE 2
Portraits of Tarban Creek residents and a Tahitian, 1835-[1838?] / drawings by James Stuart

FILE 3
Portrait of an Aboriginal Australian, [1830?] / lithograph by H. B. W. Allan

This collection is arranged into 3 files by artist.

Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Original backing boards are located in Box 2.