'Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Interior view of the staircase

Interior view of the staircase in Surrey Theatre on Blackfriars Road

Interior view of the Four Percent Reduced Annuity Office at the Bank of England

Barges are moored in the foreground on the right and smaller vessels move about on the river

Referred to in the text as 'The Striated monkey'

'Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Interior view of the staircaseThe earliest encounter between Lieutenant James Cook's men and the people of New Holland [Australia], in April 1770. This was Cook's first landing on the continent of Australia. The two 'Gweagal aborigines threatened us, and discovered hostile intentions, often crying to us, Warra warra wai'. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published