'Portraits of the Aboriginal Inhabitants'

Original Watercolour
There are four original watercolours within one frame. Titles are as follows

  1. A native of Australia felix. Portland Bay. July 1845

  2. An old woman of Port Fairy

  3. Old King Tamara. Thes last of the Sydney Tribe. Aug 15, 1845

  4. Broken Bay tribe. Old Queen Gooseberry. Widow of Bungaree. Sydney



All frames have no signature.

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. The title of the watercolour is the same but the plates differ;
'Emanciated woman and child'
Illustrations are reversed.

Lithographer Jackson (wood engraver?)

Previous Accession Number 1596

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA8/4/2
Quantity   1   Watercoulours I. 20.5x16.5cm; II. 20.5x16.5cm;III. 28x16.5cm; IV. 27.5x16.5cm; Mount 68.5x51cm
Series AA8/04