Black fellows.
Primary Artist
Thomas Balcombe (1810–1861)
Title
Date made
1849
Place made
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
16.8 x 16.6 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
24.9 x 30.1 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Production notes
For another lthograph inscribed by the same hand, see: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVWxqxn#viewer
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed below title in brown ink, 'This is a true [true underlined] of the natives of this continent [continent underlined] in the interior / and represents a tribe of 'New England' about 50 miles North of Sydney / near Moreton Bay - Phillipe de Vigors Septer.21st 1849-'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
59277
Accession number
86.2229
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1986/87 (1986-11-11)
Provenance
Phillipe de Vigors [signed inscription on print] Unknown collections. Deutscher Fine Art, October-November 1983, cat. no. 15 Tim McCormick, Sydney. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Tim McCormick, Sydney, November 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Balcombe, Thomas. | (1810–1861) Australian | British | Male | artist
Last Updated
10 Aug 2021