An original pen and ink drawing of Australian Aborigines beside a temporary bark shelter, 1860-1870...
An original pen and ink drawing of Australian Aborigines beside a temporary bark shelter, 1860-1870 / Elliott, Fred
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1860-1870
Call Numbers
P2/555
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 12.3 x 19 cm on sheet 17 x 22.5 cm - pen ; ink
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 pen and ink drawing depicting two Indigenous Australians outside a temporary bark shelter. A female figure is seated at left, smoking a pipe. The standing figure at right wears a cast off European shirt and holds a traditional barbed fishing spear. Both figures are drawn in profile and are heavily silhouetted. In the foreground are two small dogs...
Alternative Titles
Full title
An original pen and ink drawing of Australian Aborigines beside a temporary bark shelter, 1860-1870 / Elliott, Fred
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Bottom-left of image reads "Fred:Elliott"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 15 August 2016
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P2/555
Record Identifier
1kV8Gz6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kV8Gz6n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1001596
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