photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,lge.14
- Description
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Photograph (black and white) of a painting titled 'Aborigines of Tasmania' by Robert Dowling; a group of Tasmanian men and women seated or standing by the side of a body of water, mountains in the background; the people represented include Truganini (aka Truggernana or Trugernanner), Manalargenna, Probelatter (aka Jimmy), Tunnaminnerwate (aka Jack), Wortabowigee (aka Fanny), Woreddy (aka Woureddy or Woorrady), Numbloote (aka Jenny), among others.
Albumen Print.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.80 centimetres (image)
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Height: 27.80 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 28.30 centimetres (image)
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Width: 42 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is a photograph of a painting by R. Dowling, the figures in this painting based on drawings by Thomas Bock. Bock's series of Tasmanian Aboriginal portraits are held in the British Museum, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, the Pitt Rivers Museum and elsewhere.
For a discussion of Dowling's work, including his images of Aboriginal people, see: John Jones.2010. Robert Dowling, Tasmanian son of Empire. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
The oil painting by Dowling 'Aborigines of Tasmania' is in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Some yellowing of image, surface dirt - both image and mount, foxing on mount
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,lge.14
