Aboriginal Hunting Kangaroos, 1840s / painted by an unknown artist
Aboriginal Hunting Kangaroos, 1840s / painted by an unknown artist
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1840s
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ML 1394 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, East Wall, no. 167
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Physical Description
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1 painting - 18.5 x 25.4 cm (sight) in frame 30.5 x 37.4 cm - oil on cardboard
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Aboriginal Hunting Kangaroos, 1840s / painted by an unknown artist
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Unsigned; undated.
This work is closely related to an oil painting attributed to Captain Otway, RN, titled `Charley' Spearing Kangaroos, held in the National Library of Australia. Otway's identity remains unknown.
It is also closely related to an aquatint titled "Charley" Spearing Kangaroo's which was published in Yarra-Guinea, ed., Frank Ken...
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Acquired from Lawson Menzies, Lot 141, 30 October 2006.
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ML 1394 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, East Wall, no. 167
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nvg8NBQ1
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456653
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