Feast, given to the Natives - by Governor Gawler October - 1838 - Adelaide. S.A. / Mary Hindmarsh
Feast, given to the Natives - by Governor Gawler October - 1838 - Adelaide. S.A. / Mary Hindmarsh
Feast, given to the Natives - by Governor Gawler October - 1838 - Adelaide. S.A. / Mary Hindmarsh
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1838
Call Numbers
SV/106
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 26.5 x 36 cm. - 2 drawings (1 watercolour and pencil - 1 ink drawing)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A group of European settlers, soliders, and Aborigines stand in a rough circle at the foreground of a bush setting. Two tents are in the background.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Feast, given to the Natives - by Governor Gawler October - 1838 - Adelaide. S.A. / Mary Hindmarsh
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
On the reverse of the drawing is an ink sketch of a figure with a bag over his shoulder.
Affixed to the Library mount is a paper label with the handwritten text, "Feast given to the Aborigines, / by Governor Gawker, / Adelaide 1838"
Digital order no:Album ID : 874371
Signature / Inscriptions
Title taken from inscription in ink on reverse.
Artist signature at end of title, "Mary H."
"Mary Stephen" at upper left on reverse.
At lower right on reverse, possibly in a different hand, "Feast to the Aborigines ... / October 1838"
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1977
Pic.Acc.4101
Exhibited in
- Visions of Adelaide, 1836-1886
Art Gallery of South Australia (28 October, 2005 - 5 February, 2006)
Administrative / Biographical history
The work was executed by Mary Hindmarsh prior to her marriage to George Milner Stephen in 1840 and is signed "Mary H".
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/106
Record Identifier
9yM6j4A9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6j4A9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442452
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