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Early effort - Art in Australia

Early effort - Art in Australia
 (c. 1860)

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Measurements
76.6 × 122.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in brown paint l.l.: R (reversed) Dowling / Ap (...illeg.)
Accession Number
218-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
boomerangs children (people by age group) colonialism colonials (people) ethnicity families (kinship groups) indigenous people painting (image-making)
Frame
Reproduction, 2010, based on frames contemporary with the painting

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