Dublin Core
Title
knife
Identifier
Description
Knife or sita, made of shell. Slip: 'Found when the people were clearing land for their annual yam planting.'
Date
Early: 1800 Late: 1933
Relation
shell turtle.shell
Format
Th: 10 mm L: 69 mm W: 60 mm
Coverage
Melanesia Vanuatu Santo
Abstract
Aberdeen seen from the countryside. The industrial city with smoking stacks is contrasted with the rural activity in the foreground. See also ABDUA: 30843.
H.W. Bunbury (1750-1811) amateur engraver and friend of Joshua Reynolds (see 'Journal of 18thC Studies' vol.9, 1975-6, pp29-30). Here illustrating John Langhorne's (1735-79) poem 'Affliction' (1766). The engraving is not related to Joseph Wright of Derby's painting of the subject which appeared six years later and although the quotation refers to the Seven Years War (1756-63) it is possible that the occasion for the publication was British defeat and the loss of the American colonies in 1783.
H.W. Bunbury (1750-1811) amateur engraver and friend of Joshua Reynolds (see 'Journal of 18thC Studies' vol.9, 1975-6, pp29-30). Here illustrating John Langhorne's (1735-79) poem 'Affliction' (1766). The engraving is not related to Joseph Wright of Derby's painting of the subject which appeared six years later and although the quotation refers to the Seven Years War (1756-63) it is possible that the occasion for the publication was British defeat and the loss of the American colonies in 1783.