Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat
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 Aborigine 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". Two