Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman [Maria Yulgilbar, ca. 1895 / oil painting by] Tom Roberts
Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman [Maria Yulgilbar, ca. 1895 / oil painting by] Tom Roberts
Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman [Maria Yulgilbar, ca. 1895 / oil painting by] Tom Roberts
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1895
Call Numbers
DG 319 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 199
Record Identifier
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 38.2 x 34.5 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Aboriginal woman may have been from the Bunjalung [i.e. Bandjalang] people from the upper Clarence River region.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman [Maria Yulgilbar, ca. 1895 / oil painting by] Tom Roberts
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no: a128871...
Signature / Inscriptions
Tom Roberts -- signed lower left
Date note
Dated from Tom Robert's visit to Yulgilbar when he was commissioned to paint pastoralist Edward Ogilvie. Tom Roberts talked about painting an Aboriginal portrait in a letter to S. W. Pring (MLMSS 1367/2 p.23)
Description source
Portrait of an Aboriginal Woman -- title inscribed on reverse
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Sir William Dixson, March 1943
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 319 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 199
Record Identifier
YezdMrW9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdMrW9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
441648
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