The small outline of a national picture (The conciliation).
Primary Artist
Benjamin Duterrau (1767–1851)
Title
The small outline of a national picture (The conciliation).
Date made
15 July 1835 (imprint)
Place made
Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 28.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
28.4 x 34.0 (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Compositional draft for 'The Conciliation', 1840, depicting George Augustus Robinson negotiating with a group of Tasmanian Aborigines to surrender their land to white settlers.
Collection
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Accession number
1975.105
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania | Aboriginal Australians: Portrait, group
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Duterrau, Benjamin. | (1767–1851) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
19 May 2026