Bara-Ourou: Portrait of a Handsome Aboriginal Man

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Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777-1804), Terre de Diemen : Bara-Ourou.,…
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Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777-1804), Terre de Diemen : Bara-Ourou., copper-plate engraving from the Baudin Expedition 'Voyages de Decouvertes...', Paris, 1807, 31.5 x 24 cm. Portrait of an Aboriginal man from Oyster Bay on Maria Island off the east coast of Tasmania, Bara-Ourou, described by Peron as one of the handsomest of the Tasmanians. Drawn by Petit on the Baudin expedition of 1802 and subsequently published as a print in 1807 in Paris. Peron described Bara-Ourou as a young man of 24 or 25 years, 'who was more handsomely built than all the others'.

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