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Walter Preston (etcher)
Joseph Lycett (attributed to) (draughtsman)
Corrobborree or dance of the natives of New South Wales. New Holland (1817-1818)
etching and engraving with later hand-colouring and gum arabic
37.6 × 56.8 cm (image) 45.2 × 61.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
© Public Domain
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Corrobborree or dance of the natives of New South Wales. New Holland
(1817-1818)
plate 6 from An Historical Account of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependant Settlements by James Wallis, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821
Medium
etching and engraving with later hand-colouring and gum arabic
Measurements
37.6 × 56.8 cm (image) 45.2 × 61.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Newcastle, New South Wales
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.c.: W. Preston Sculp. / Corrobborree / Or DANCE of the NATIVES of NEW SOUTH WALES. / New Holland.
Accession Number
2010.105
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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