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3 King's Island : [drawing].

BIB_ID
338836
Accession number
MA 38.47
Creator
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848.
Published
[1803-1817]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Captain Burney's five-volume histories of the voyages of discovery were published between 1803 and 1817.
The title of the published engraving is "Drie Koningen Island or (three King's) Island."
8 x 10 5/8 inches (204 x 270 mm)
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Drawing shows a raised, rocky shoreline in the foreground with two men holding oars standing on top of the hill.
Medium
sepia on paper
Classification