Group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1838 / possibly by, or after, John Carmichael
Group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1838 / possibly by, or after, John Carmichael
Group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1838 / possibly by, or after, John Carmichael
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1838
Call Numbers
DL Pd 30
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 15.3 x 28 cm, on sheet 22.6 x 28.5 cm - lithograph
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Two male aborigines are fighting with clubs, a male and female are drinking from bottles, and standing male, seated female and naked child are onlookers. All except the child are in European dress. There is an element of caricature. The etching in Maclehose (see date note below) is of three figures resembling the drinking couple and the child, toge...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Group of Australian Aborigines, ca. 1838 / possibly by, or after, John Carmichael
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Untitled
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned.
Date note
Dated from similar etching by Carmichael in Maclehose, James 'The picture of Sydney ... for 1838', Sydney : J. Maclehose, 1838 (Sydney : Printed by J. Spilsbury), opposite page 164.
Conservation note
Slightly foxed, with tear at top edge
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: Vol. 1, item 3472 (part of)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pd 30
Record Identifier
npAdwvA1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdwvA1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
836747
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