Allan Hughan 1878? Studio photograph of young women seated on mat against a backdrop of mats and palm fronds,from which a bag is hanging, Logs, shells and material culture on floor. [New Caledonia]
Publications history
Illustrated as figure 176.7 on page 172 of Elizabeth Edwards's essay 'Evolving Images: Photography, Race and Popular Darwinism', In Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts, edited by Diana Donald and Jane Munro (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum / New Haven: Yale Center for British art, in association with Yale University Press, 2009). Also listed on page 324 of the 'Checklist of Exhibits' as catalogue number 131. [CM 27/11/2009]
