1879 Wood Engraving Mountains Tahiti Landscape Peak French Polynesia Art XGS9 XGDC8 and witness works by other

and witness works by other Italian Renaissance legends such as Raphael's "The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia"

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1879 Wood Engraving Mountains Tahiti Landscape Peak French Polynesia Art XGS9 XGDC8 and witness works by otherThis is an original 1879 black and white wood engraving of the mountains of Tahiti. This image was procured from a rare portfolio of wood engravings and lithographs which delves into the culture and landscape of Australasia in the late 19th century. It accompanied the work of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913), the British anthropologist, biologist, and naturalist. Wallace is remembered for first proposing the theory correlating evolution and natural