Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat
Introduction Etching of ''Two of the Natives'', as published in 1773. '''''Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat''''' is a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, drawn in 1770 and published posthumously as an etching by Thomas Chambers in the 1773 book ''A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas''. It is the earliest known portrayal of an Australian Aboriginal person by a European, and a typical example of a painting in the noble savage ideal, showing proud warriors advancing in defence of their land. The stance of the warriors is said to be based upon the ''Borghese Gladiator''.
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