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Masters George, William and Miss Harriet Ware with the Aborigine Jamie Ware
(1856)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
63.7 × 76.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Eleanor M. Borrow Bequest, 2007
Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Robert Dowling was the first European artist to emerge from the Australian colonies. During the 1850s he painted throughout Van Diemen’s Land and Victoria, before moving to London in 1857. The Dowling and Ware families, connected by the marriage of Robert Dowling’s brother Thomas to Maria Ware, were among the earliest Baptists in Tasmania. Three of the Ware brothers had become successful pastoralists in the Western District in the 1830s and provided much-needed patronage to Dowling throughout his career. This painting illustrates the warm relationship that existed between the Ware family and local Mopor people.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Victoria
Accession Number
2007.115
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Landscapes Portraits
Subjects (specific)
children (people by age group) dog (species) men (male humans) trees Victoria (state)
Frame
Original, maker unknown