Title

A rage for curiosity: Visualising Australia 1788-1830.

Author

Neville, Richard

Details

Sydney: State Library of New South Wales Press, 1997

Publication date

1997

Physical description

pages: 96; illustrations: some colour; format: 24 cm.

ISBN

0731066103 (paperback)

Type

Exhibition catalogue

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the State Library of New South Wales, September 1997 - February 1998

Exhibition held at State Library of New South Wales, September 1997- February 1998.

Examination of the visual representation of the Aboriginal people in the early colonial period; historical context of the collection of Aboriginal objects and relics discussed; intellectual and artistic references; includes artists - Lewin, Watling, Revenet, Petit, Arago, Browne, Lycett, Earle, Rodius, Carmichael; modes of representation - classicism and caricature; use of images in official histories and popular press; use of images in colonial discourse.[NLA]

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08 Feb 2024