[Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of New South Wales and Tasmania, ca. 1817-1849...
[Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of New South Wales and Tasmania, ca. 1817-1849...
[Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of New South Wales and Tasmania, ca. 1817-1849]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1817-1836, 1849
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 615
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Prints, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
33 prints - 33.3 x 33.8 cm. or smaller - lithographs (some with white highlights) and etchings
8 drawings - 30.6 x 30.8 cm. or smaller - watercolour and pencil
Textual Records - 3 handwritten sheets
Textual Records - (typescript) 1 typed sheet
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 27 images
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Prepared for battle / Same convict / [by T.R. Browne]. This is possibly a portrait of `Mimosa', a similar work is held at DGA 3 f. 2
2. "2" [Australian Aboriginal male carrying spear and fish, ca. 1820 / by T.R. Browne]
3. N.S. Wales - Native in the act of fighting / Same Convict / [by T.R. Browne]. This is possibly a portrait of T...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of New South Wales and Tasmania, ca. 1817-1849]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823413...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled beneath image.
Many of the prints bear artist and publication details.
Printed at bottom "Printed & Sold by J.G. Austin & Co. No. 12 Bridge Street Sydney"
Nos. 42-44 have printed artists and publication details, "Design'd etch'd & publish's by Bm. Duterrau Augt. 24 1835 Hobart Town Van Dieman's Land"
Some are dated.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Francis Edwards, 1932
Exhibited in
- Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait.
- Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage
- A Rage for Curiosity
- The Art of exploration
- Illawarra and Environs: a pictorial survey
- Charles Rodius
State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992). Applies to: Nos. 2, 21, 32
State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: Nos. 21-22
State Library of New South Wales (September 1997 - January 1998). Applies to: Nos. 19-20
Applies to: No.38
Wollongong City Gallery. Applies to : No.35
State Library of New South Wales (17 June 2023-12 May 2024): Applies to No. 38
Administrative / Biographical history
Bungaree in fact died in 1830.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 615
Record Identifier
9yM6oQD9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6oQD9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404751
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