Description
Album details: [Album of] Pencil sketches, watercolours, etc. by C. Martens, O.W. Brierly, S.T. Gill, John Rae, C. Rodius and others, ca. 1823-1863
More details about the album and its contents can be found on the collection website.
Image Licence
Out of copyright
Image Credit
Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales
Location
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Country
Argentina
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
The State Library of New South Wales provides the following information about the sitter: 'Jemmy Button, captured as a boy in Tierre del Fuego and taken to London by Robert FitzRoy of the ship Beagle, was so named due to the payment of a pearl button in recompense for his life. In 1833 he was returned to his home in South America as a bearer of 'enlightened society' and to spread the Christian word.'
