File:The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams, at Tanna, in the South Seas, the Day Before He Was Massacred, 1841 (B-088-015).jpg

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English: The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams, at Tanna, in the South Seas, the Day Before He Was Massacred.
  • A palm-fringed Tanna island with a mountain in the rear, in the colonial New Hebrides. The Rev. John Williams is stepping from a rowboat, surrounded by other Europeans, about to go ashore. On shore is a crowd of Vanuatuans in 1839.
  • Designed, engraved and published on the 1st day of January 1841, by the patentee of oil colour printing, George Baxter... London.
  • 1 colour art print(s) Hand-coloured engraving 220 x 320 mm. Single art work.
  • Reference Number: B-088-015.
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Source National Library of New Zealand
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George Baxter  (1804–1867)  wikidata:Q5536805
 
George Baxter
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G. Baxter.Sc.; Baxter.Sc.
Description British artist and printer
Date of birth/death 1804 Edit this at Wikidata 1867 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom London
Work period 1819 Edit this at Wikidata–1867 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5536805
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