Early artists of Australia (presentation copy for Russell Drysdale)

A$75 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Sydney : Angus Robertson, 1963. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (light edge wear, chips to head and foot of spine, a little more than evident in the photo), patterned endpapers,, pp. x; 246, illustrated. A good copy. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed from the authors Maisie and Tass with lots of love from Rex Rienits and Thea Rienits , further signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper Russell Drysdale, Xmas 1963 . A valuable survey of the first European artworks of the Australian continent, including chapters on Cook s artists, the First Fleet, Thomas Watling, William Westall, John William Lewin, George William Evans, early Tasmanian artists and more.

• Binding: Hardcover

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