William BLAKE (engraver), Philip Gidley KING (attributed to) (draughtsman)
A family of New South Wales
1792
plate from An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter, published by John Stockdale, London, 1793

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
18.8 × 16.1 cm (image) 25.0 × 20.7 cm (plate) 30.8 × 24.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1984

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bentley 1977, 476.A1; Essick 1991, XXVII.1

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: From a Sketch by Governor King
printed in ink l.c.: A FAMILY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
printed in ink l.r.: Blake Sculpt. (t in superscript over . )

Accession Number
P8-1984

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) clubs (weapons) families (kinship groups) fishing tackle indigenous people shields (armour) spears (weapons) torches (lighting devices)

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William BLAKE (engraver), Philip Gidley KING (attributed to) (draughtsman) A family of New South Wales 1792 plate from An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter, published by John Stockdale, London, 1793

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William BLAKE (engraver), Philip Gidley KING (attributed to) (draughtsman)
A family of New South Wales
1792
plate from An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter, published by John Stockdale, London, 1793