drawing
- Museum number
- 1840,1114.71
- Description
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Bust-length portrait of 'Kangaroo Jack, King of Cockle Creek' an indigenous Australian man with a gorget, or kingplate, hanging around his neck. 1834-5
Pencil, black and white chalk with stump
- Production date
- 1834-1835
- Dimensions
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Height: 257 millimetres
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Width: 183 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cockle Creek is a shallow arm of the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney.
This is one of a group of 18 drawings by Charles Rodius, of indigenous Australians and Maori people (kept in a BM leather-covered box).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1840
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1840,1114.71
