Male and female black natives.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Male and female black natives.
Source
From James Maclehose. The picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales, for 1838. Sydney: Maclehose, 1838
Page or Plate number
pl. 35, facing p.164
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Date made
1838 – 1838-39
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
10.2 x 18.0 cm (image)
Support
thin purple wove paper
Support size
11.1 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
An Aboriginal man and woman with two children are drinking alcohol fom bottles. He is wearing tattered European clothes and breast plate and has an aggressive countenance. The woman has a length of fabric wrapped around her. They are accompanied by two dogs.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91573
Accession number
89.62
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1989
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist