• Title
  Charles Rodius portraits of New South Wales Aboriginal Australians, ca. 1844
• Creator
  Charles Rodius, 1802-1860
• Call number
  PXA 1005
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1844
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  430937
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  6 drawings - charcoal
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Dirty Dick, Broken Bay [tribe ?] / Cha Rodius.
  21 x 16.2 cm. Titled along lower edge, signed at lower left.
  2. [Ricketty Dick, Broken Bay tribe] / Cha Rodius / 1844.
  20.3 x 18.1 cm. Titled (partly cut off and faint) along lower edge, signed and dated at lower left.
  3. Morirang [Mary] / Sholhaven [i.e. Shoalhaven] / Cha Rodius.
  17.4 x 13.9 cm. Titled at lower left, signed at lower left.
  4. Jacky Stuart, Shoalhaven / Cha Rodius.
  17.6 x 15.1 cm. (corners missing) Titled along lower edge, signed at lower left. On reverse unfinished profile sketch.
  5. Bobby Nirgengay [i.e. Nirgingay ?] / South Creek - Windsor / Cha Rodius.
  19.3 x 16.2 cm. Titled along lower edge, signed at lower left.
  6. Goosberry [i.e. Gooseberry] One Eyed Poll / wife / of King Bongarry / April 1844.
  21.1 x 17.6 cm. Titled at lower right, dated at lower left.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This series of portraits are mentioned in: Newspaper cuttings relating to Sydney, ca. 1886-1911 `Some early portraits' v.116, p.5. "Several examples of this artist's [Rodius] talent are to be found in the Australian Court in the Art Gallery, in the Domain ... There are also some excellent portraits of old time aborigines (1844) - "Dirty Dick" and Ricketty Dick" of Broken Bay ; "Mary" and "Jacky Stuart," of Shoalhaven ; "Bobby Nirgingay," of Windsor ; and "Queen Gooseberry, ..." (Z/F991.1/N v.116 ; Microfilm at REF/MAV/FM4/2277)
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824186
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscriptions appear along the lower edge of the drawings. Some are very faint.
• Name
  Ricketty Dick, d. 1863
  
• Subject
  Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Portraits
  Art, Colonial--New South Wales.
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  colonial art
  pipes (smoking)
  portraits
  
• Place
  Broken Bay (N.S.W.)
  Shoalhaven Region (N.S.W.)
  South Creek (Windsor, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Look again ... re-interpreting Aboriginal history - State Library of New South Wales (1 July, 1993 - 1 February, 1994). Applies to: No. 2; No.6
  Flesh & Blood: Family Connections in Sydney 1788-1998 - Museum of Sydney (November 1998 - February 1999). Applies to: No.6
  Mari Nawi : Aboriginal Odysseys 1790-1850 - State Library of New South Wales (September 2010 - December 2010). Applies to: no.5
  Elegance in exile - National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (June 2012 - August 2012). Applies to: no.16
  Dead Central - State Library of New South Wales (May 2019 - May 2020). Applies to : Exhibited from 25th May-19th Dec 2019 (replaced by DL PX 47)
  Charles Rodius - State Library of New South Wales (17 June 2023-12 May 2024). Applies to No. 2; No. 6

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