Portrait of George Pritchard (Consul to Tahiti)
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Material Information

Title:
Portrait of George Pritchard (Consul to Tahiti)
Abbreviated Title:
George Pritchard, Consul to Tahiti
Creator:
Baxter, George, 1804-1867
Publisher:
[photograph]
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 print : ill. ; 23 x 27.5 cm

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Pritchard, George, 1796-1883 ( LCNAF )
Genre:
portraits
Spatial Coverage:
Oceania -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti
Océanie -- Polynésie française -- Tahiti
Oteania -- Pōrīnetia farāni -- Tahiti
Coordinates:
-17.666667 x -149.416667

Notes

Abstract:
Oil-colour print by George Baxter [published in 1845] of the British Consul, George Pritchard in uniform. 2 copies, 23cm x 27.5cm, one mounted.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Baxter, George, 1804-1867 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19954952
General Note:
George Pritchard (1796-1883) served as a missionary with the London Missionary Society in Tahiti, South Seas, 1824-1837. He subsequently served as British Consul in Tahiti from 1837, and in Samoa from 1845. George Baxter (1804-1867) was an engraver and printer who invented a process of colour printing that made reproductions of paintings available on a mass scale. He supplied colour illustrations to the publisher George Mudie and produced prints for the London Missionary Society. Baxter's process incorporated the aquatint method and involved superimposing the colours using wooden blocks. Baxter used carefully etched plates, a hand press, and the finest colours, oils and paper. He mixed the colours himself but left no record of their composition. The process quickly gained popularity and was widely useful in producing replications of paintings. [Source: National Portrait Gallery]
General Note:
Custodial history: Copy 171(1) brought from Ware Furlough House in 1962; copy 171(2) donated to the LMS in 1948. Both prints held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 171) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Pritchard, George, 1796-1883 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/57045095

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
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