1895 Wood Engraving Youth Dubu Bed Home Place Forest New Guinea Edward XGWB1 IL1 36 x 50 cm

36 x 50 cm

manure-scented morning at Ile D'Orleans

It was formed in 1897 by a group of 19 Vienna artists

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1895 Wood Engraving Youth Dubu Bed Home Place Forest New Guinea Edward XGWB1 IL1 36 x 50 cmThis is an original 1895 black and white in text wood engraving of a youth's dubu in New Guinea. Edward Whymper Edward Whymper (1840 1911), the mountaineer, explorer, and illustrator, is remembered for being the first man to successfully ascend the Matterhorn of Switzerland in 1865. Whymper was born in London, England and was the second of eleven children. His elder brother Frederick was also an artist and explorer, and became a celebrated wood