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Bennelong

Bennelong
(after 1798)

Medium
etching

Measurements
16.6 × 12.3 cm (image) 21.0 × 16.5 cm (plate) 26.2 × 20.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ruth Clemens, 2009

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(London), England

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Portrait of Bennilong; a native of New Holland, who after experiencing for two years the / Luxuries of England, returned to his own Country and resumed his Savage Habits.
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 5/

Accession Number
2009.448

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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