2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/20/2024
Two engravings to include, "Gallant Defence of Three Sailors," 8" x 8-3/4," lightly tinted, left margin has rolled, else VG. Caption, "Dismembered and roasted, these poor fellows were soon eaten under the eyes of Dillon. There now remained upon the rock only Dillon, Burhart, and Wilson-three men against many thousand assailants. Thinking they now should have it their own way, the savages recommenced the attack with new fury." ... plus, "hand tinted engraving of two white men being tattooed by African women, 8-1/2" c 5-3/4," withdrawn from book, c. 1855. caption in part reads, "O'Connell and George are being tattooed by the island women as a preparation for making them husbands ..."
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