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George Baxter

The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams, at Tanna in the South Seas, the Day Before He was Massacred

1841
Steel engraving colored with wooden blocks, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream board
22.1 × 32.5 cm (8.7 × 12.8 in)

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