Primary Artist

Charles Rodius (1802–1860)

Title

King Bungaree, Chief of the Broken-Bay tribe, N.S. Wales. Died 1832.

Date made

1834

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

chalk-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; highlights in brush and white gouache

Text printed from matrix

printed lower centre within image on king plate in black ink, 'BUNGAREE / CHIEF of / BROKEN BAY TRIBE'.
printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'KING BUNGAREE. / CHIEF OF THE BROKEN-BAY TRIBE, N.S.WALES. / DIED , 1832. / Drawn from Life 1831. and on stone, 1834 by Chas. Rodius. / Printed by I[J].G. Austin. 15 Phillip St. Sydney'.

Matrix size

16.0 x 10.4 cm (printed image)

Support

buff wove paper

Support size

29.6 x 23.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

96849

Accession number

85.1

Accession method

Director's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1984/85 (1985-02-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1985.

Credit line

Purchased 1985

Subject categories

Portrait | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Rodius, Charles. | (1802–1860) Australian | German | Male | artist

Austin, J.G. | (1812–1884) Australian | English | Male | printer

Last Updated

14 Feb 2024