English explorer, naturalist and painter who emigrated to Australia and became a museum director (1822-1886)

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Mr. C. French Anga's New Zealand and Australian exhibition ... : comprising upwards of 300 full-length portraits, from life, of the prinicipal New Zealand Chiefs, with their wives and children.

George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist 1822-1886 / John Tregenza.

South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.

Nine species of native Australian flowers. Coloured lithograph by G. F. Angas, c. 1846, after himself.

Australian grass trees (Xanthorrhoea species) with red kangaroos (Macropus laniger) at Yankalilla. Coloured lithograph by J. W. Giles, c. 1846, after G. F. Angas.

Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand: being an artist's impressions. Of countries and people at the Antipodes ... / by George French Angas ... ; with numerous illustrations.

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