inscribed (inverted) in pencil (in image) l.r.: Capt Harrison inscribed (vertically) in pen and ink on reverse u.l.: This drawing (aboriginal) belongs to Miss E. Shawn / Koopura / Healesville / C. P. Mou (…illeg) / 1949 inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: For Mrs Shawn / drawn by an / old aboriginal / at Coranderrk station / in the year / 1890 / Old Cappy calls / from the north / west of / Victoria / after a wandering life / This drawing is done / in watercolors / before the advent of / white people / charcoal & red ocher / & pipe clay were / used to work on the sheet of bark
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 2004 This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
