Group of Aboriginal people

Summary: 
Oil painting of a group of Australian Aboriginal people, possibly in Sydney, ca. 1849.
Description: 

Original title: 'Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, possibly in Sydney, ca. 1849'. 

A framed oil painting of an Aboriginal man standing in front of a group of five seated Aboriginal women wrapped in blankets. It shows the group at camp by a small fire beside a rocky outcrop with a dog, possibly a dingo, lying next to the woman at far right. The woman, third from the right, is painted from the back and is wrapped in a blanket marked 'B O [i.e. Board of Ordnance] / 1849 / 2.[?]' The male figure wears a coat to his knees over a loosely buttoned shirt and probably a straw hat.

The full catalogue record is online at http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110354951.

Location: 
Location Description: 

Sydney NSW, Australia. 

Original Date Description: 
ca. 1849
Rights: 
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
Source: 
'Oil painting of a group of Australian Aborigines, possibly in Sydney, ca. 1849' collection.
Identifier: 
FL9146684; FL9146683; FL9146685
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