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Early effort - Art in Australia
(c. 1860)
Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Measurements
76.6 × 122.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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