Male and female black natives.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Male and female black natives.
Source
James Maclehose. The picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales, for 1838. Sydney: Maclehose, 1838
Page or Plate number
plate 35, facing page 164
Date made
1838 – 1838-39
Place made
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
10.2 x 18.0 cm (image)
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
An Aboriginal man and woman with two children are drinking alcohol fom bottles. He is wearing tattered European clothes and breast plate and has an aggressive countenance. The woman has a length of fabric wrapped around her. They are accompanied by two dogs.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
210020
Accession number
2009.1108.35
Provenance
Collection of Brown Library
which sold it through H.A. Evans & Son, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1966
to Rodney Davidson AO OBE (1933-2016), Victoria, Australia, 1966
who sold it through Australian Book Auctions, 'The Davidson collection : Australian and Pacific voyages and travels from the library of Mr. Rodney D. Davidson, A.O., O.B.E.: second sale : Australia before gold, 1810-1850.', lot 300, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 2006
acquired by Horden House Rare Books, New South Wales, Australia, 2006
which sold it to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 2009
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australians | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
Maclehose, James. | (1832–) Australian | Scottish | Male | publisher
Last Updated
06 Jun 2026