Australian Aborigines, pre 1806 / attributed to George Charles Jenner and W.W. [William Waterhouse]
Australian Aborigines, pre 1806 / attributed to George Charles Jenner and W.W. [William Waterhouse]
Australian Aborigines, pre 1806 / attributed to George Charles Jenner and W.W. [William Waterhouse]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
pre 1806
Call Numbers
DGB 10
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 17 x 11 cm. within double frame lines on sheets 20 x 14 cm. - mild foxing - 12 watercolours
Drawings - 8 x 6 cm. on sheet 8 x 8 cm. at widest points - 1 pen & wash on light board, pasted to circular sheet
Drawings - 7 x 8 cm. at widest points - 1 silhouette on irregular shaped paper
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
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
f.1 Aboriginal man with shield, spear thrower and spear, in action of throwing.
f.2 Aboriginal man with a club.
f.3 Aboriginal man with conical head-dress holding a club.
f.4 Aboriginal man fishing with a five-pronged fishing spear.
f.5 Aboriginal man holding spear with a throwing stick in his belt.
Signed "Cn Lewellen[?]", in ink on...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Australian Aborigines, pre 1806 / attributed to George Charles Jenner and W.W. [William Waterhouse]
Variant title
Watercolours originally titled "Natives of New South Wales, pre 1806" based on the contemporary title of another similar set `Natives of New South Wales; drawn from life in Botany Bay' at PXB 513.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823514...
Attributions / Conjectures
ff. 1-12 attributed to Jenner, f. 13 attributed to W.W.
Attribution based on information in similar set of watercolours `Natives of New South Wales; drawn from life in Botany Bay' (PXB 513).
For further research notes on attribution see 'Australian Aborigines, 12 watercolours' (PXn 266).
Date note
Undated, however a watermark on one sheet reads 1798
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from J.G.G. Pownall, September 1964
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DGB 10
Record Identifier
npAdVjX1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdVjX1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447340
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