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