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Joseph Lycett : convict artist / editor, John McPhee

by John A. McPhee

An examination of the life and work of convict artist Joseph Lycett, featuring watercolours and oil paintings that document early nineteenth-century Aboriginal life, landscapes, and colonial settlements in Australia.

Accession 17092 ISBN 1876991216 Publisher Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
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