Series 02: Drawings by Johnny the Aboriginal artist, Kangatong Station, 1855
Series 02: Drawings by Johnny the Aboriginal artist, Kangatong Station, 1855
Series 02: Drawings by Johnny the Aboriginal artist, Kangatong Station, 1855
About this item
Full title
Date
1855
Call Numbers
PXA 606
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 25.3 x 20.4 cm. ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm. ; 18.3 x 20.2 cm. - 5 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings on 3 sheets
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Series
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. [Women with parasol]
1 verso. [European man in uniform and European man with a gun]
Inscribed "Drawing from Black Johnny / Kangatong 1855" in ink
2. [European soldier ; Aboriginal man in landscape]
Inscribed "Burrumbeep / Streatham [?]"; "Black Johnny Kangatong / August 1855." in ink
2 verso. [European couple and...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 02: Drawings by Johnny the Aboriginal artist, Kangatong Station, 1855
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823855...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Dymocks, November 1913
Transferred from Pictures Drawer 17 (Sketches) in 1993
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Administrative / Biographical history
Artist Eugene von Guerard (1811-1901) visited Kangatong Station the property of James Dawson to paint a picture of Tower Hill in 1855. During his stay von Guerard met Johnny, an Aboriginal youth, aged about fourteen or fifteen. Johnny was probably Johnny Dawson (known by the name of his employer), born about 1842. Johnny worked as stock-keeper on...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 606
Record Identifier
YezELpW9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezELpW9
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Reference code
61014
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