‘Breast ploughing at Chiloe’
Date
1839
Creator
Thomas Landseer (1793 - 1880, British) , Printmaker
Creator - Organisation
Henry Colburn, Publisher
After
Admiral Phillip Parker King (1793 - 1856, Australian) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
35339
Material
Technique
Dimensions
width (print): 231mm
height (print): 140mm
height (print): 140mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view showing breast ploughing in Chile. Figures work the land at the edge of a river. Drawn during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, 1831-1836, captained by Robert FitzRoy, with Charles Darwin as naturalist.
Inscribed ‘P.P. King. T. Landseer. BREAST PLOUGHING AT CHILOE. Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1838.’
Plate to Narrative of the surveying voyage of His Majesty's ships "Adventure" and "Beagle" by Robert FitzRoy, Volume 2, (London, 1839).
Inscribed ‘P.P. King. T. Landseer. BREAST PLOUGHING AT CHILOE. Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1838.’
Plate to Narrative of the surveying voyage of His Majesty's ships "Adventure" and "Beagle" by Robert FitzRoy, Volume 2, (London, 1839).
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