George French Angas
The New Zealanders Illustrated
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
41GEORGE FRENCH ANGAS (1822-1886)
The New Zealanders Illustrated. London: Thomas McLean, 1847. 2° (539 x 368mm). Hand-coloured additional title page dated 1846, lithographic dedication to Prince Albert, 2pp. list of subscribers, 60 hand-coloured tinted lithographic plates by Angas, W. Hawkins, Louisa Hawkins and J.W. Giles after Angas, accompanying text leaf. (Some short, mainly repaired, tears at plate margins and to two text leaves, additional title with old creases and short tears at lower margin, some spotting and foxing to majority of plates, occasional light offsetting onto text, some light browning.) Contemporary blind-tooled half maroon morocco, spine gilt in compartments, lettered in the second, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed with nick at foot of spine and small losses to corners).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'EXTREMELY FINE AND IMPORTANT' SURVEY OF THE MAORI PEOPLE, originally issued in 10 parts in 1846-47. Angas, son of George Fife Angas, one of the principal founders of South Australia, outlines the purpose of his work in the preface: 'Up to the present time, the New Zealander ... has never been carefully and faithfully portrayed; and his habits, costumes, and works of art, though so rapidly disappearing before the progress of Christianity and Civilization, are yet unrecorded by the pencil of the artist ... To accomplish this task, I visited both Islands of New Zealand, and spent a considerable period in travelling round their coasts, and penetrating through the interior -- by seeking out nearly every tribe of natives, and living amongst them for some time, in the remote and almost unknown parts of the country, I have succeeded in obtaining portraits of the most important Chiefs, with their families, and have made drawings, on the spot, of all objects of interest co
The New Zealanders Illustrated. London: Thomas McLean, 1847. 2° (539 x 368mm). Hand-coloured additional title page dated 1846, lithographic dedication to Prince Albert, 2pp. list of subscribers, 60 hand-coloured tinted lithographic plates by Angas, W. Hawkins, Louisa Hawkins and J.W. Giles after Angas, accompanying text leaf. (Some short, mainly repaired, tears at plate margins and to two text leaves, additional title with old creases and short tears at lower margin, some spotting and foxing to majority of plates, occasional light offsetting onto text, some light browning.) Contemporary blind-tooled half maroon morocco, spine gilt in compartments, lettered in the second, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed with nick at foot of spine and small losses to corners).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'EXTREMELY FINE AND IMPORTANT' SURVEY OF THE MAORI PEOPLE, originally issued in 10 parts in 1846-47. Angas, son of George Fife Angas, one of the principal founders of South Australia, outlines the purpose of his work in the preface: 'Up to the present time, the New Zealander ... has never been carefully and faithfully portrayed; and his habits, costumes, and works of art, though so rapidly disappearing before the progress of Christianity and Civilization, are yet unrecorded by the pencil of the artist ... To accomplish this task, I visited both Islands of New Zealand, and spent a considerable period in travelling round their coasts, and penetrating through the interior -- by seeking out nearly every tribe of natives, and living amongst them for some time, in the remote and almost unknown parts of the country, I have succeeded in obtaining portraits of the most important Chiefs, with their families, and have made drawings, on the spot, of all objects of interest co
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work The New Zealanders Illustrated by George French Angas was sold in the Exploration and Travel auction at Christies in London in September 2007. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 8,750.00 (€ 12,546.86). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by George French Angas achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Eaglehawk Gully, Bendigo, 1852 in November 2020 with an auction result of AUD 418,200.00 (€ 350,016.74).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit The New Zealanders Illustrated von George French Angas wurde im September 2007 in der Auktion Exploration and Travel bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 8.750,00 (€ 12.546,86) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von George French Angas erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Eaglehawk Gully, Bendigo, 1852 im November 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von AUD 418.200,00 (€ 350.016,74).
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