• Title
  John Rae - portraits of Australian Aborigines, 1842
• Creator
  John Rae, 1813-1900
• Call number
  DG*D 23
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1842
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  447052
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 5 pencil and watercolour sketches - Smallest image 22.7 x 16.4 cm., largest image 29.5 x 21.8 cm.; each mounted on card approx. 40 x 30.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Lewis
  2. [An Aborigine]
  3. Half-caste
  4. Wm. Darby Chief of Illawarra
  5. Moureet Five Islands
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  no. 2 untitled. Title devised by cataloguer
  no. 3 signed twice ""J. Rae"" at lower right
  no. 4 titled twice; once in pencil, once in watercolour
  no. 5 signed twice; once in pencil, once in watercolour
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823512
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  ""J. Rae, 1842"" -- at lower right in each
  ""Moureet, Mary, 5 Islands"" -- inscribed in pencil at upper edge (no. 5)
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  colonial art
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Mari Nawi : Aboriginal Odysseys 1790-1850 - State Library of New South Wales (20 September - 12 December, 2010). Applies to: no. 1

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