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

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

cream wove paper

Support size

28.3 x 22.4 cm. sheet

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

State Library of New South Wales

Accession number

DL Pd 24

Accession method

Bequest

Provenance

Sir William Dixson

Credit line

Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.

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