Male and female black natives.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Male and female black natives.
Date made
1838 – 1838-39Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Designed and Etched by J. Caarmichael'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Published by J Maclehose Hunter St.'. No date. Printed lower centre within image in black ink. 'MALE AND FEMALE BLACK NATIVES / New South Wales'.
Matrix size
10.2 x 18.0 cm (image)
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians
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.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
91573
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 89.62
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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