[Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1849] possibly by Thomas Balcombe
[Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1849] possibly by Thomas Balcombe
[Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1849] possibly by Thomas Balcombe
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1849
Call Numbers
ML 1253 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, East Wall, no. 166
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - image 14.0 x 19.7 cm, in frame 18.0 x 23.7 cm - oil on board
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A framed oil painting of an Aboriginal man standing in front of a group of five seated Aboriginal women wrapped in blankets. It shows the group at camp by a small fire beside a rocky outcrop with a dog, possibly a dingo, lying next to the woman at far right. The woman, third from the right, is painted from the back and is wrapped in a blanket mar...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1849] possibly by Thomas Balcombe
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The vendor suggested that artist is possibly Captain Otway whose work is known from the painting 'Native about to throw a spear at kangaroos' in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection (NK863) at the National Library of Australia. However stylistically this very competently executed painting is much closer to the work of Thomas Balcombe.
Reference:
Signature / Inscriptions
Mr Nanhall, Vanhall, or Nauhall[?] inscribed in pencil on back of painting with framing instructions
Date note
Dated from blanket worn by one of the Aboriginal women
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, November 2010
Exhibited in
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (2018)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1253 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, East Wall, no. 166
Record Identifier
nZNvZ28n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvZ28n
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Reference code
913404
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