Medium
earth pigments, watercolour and pencil on paper
Measurements
50.5 × 63.0 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Warren Clark Bequest, 2001
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Coranderrk, Healesville, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: Kar (…illeg.) X Barak / Yarra Tribe / Jan 22. 1900
inscribed on reverse: died 1903 aged 86
inscribed on reverse: This picture was executed by Old William (King Barak) of the Yarra Tribe / January 1900. J. Shaw, Superintendent, Aboriginal Station, Coranderrk
Accession Number
2002.31
Department
First Nations Australia
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