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

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and stippling, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed lower centre below image, 'Design etch'd & published by B.r Duterrau July 15th 1835 Hobart Town Van Diemen's Land'.

Matrix size

22.6 x 28.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania | Aboriginal Australians: Portrait, group

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

71684

Creators

Duterrau, Benjamin. | (1767–1851) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

18 May 2026