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Title
Series 01 Part 04: Pencil & watercolour drawings from the Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer papers, ca. 1880-1929
Creator
Baldwin Spencer, Sir, 1860-1929
Call number
PXA 1283
Level of description
series
Date

ca. 1880-1929
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours
Reference code
89797
Physical Description
Drawings - 4 watercolours - 15 pencil drawings - 25.5 x 36.5 cm. or smaller
Scope and Content
Contains drawings from Sir Baldwin Spencer's expeditions to the Northern Territory. Includes sketches of outback stations (e.g. old Macumba Station), camps, Aboriginal people and ceremonies. Also contains watercolour drawings of a Great White Bat (Macroderma gigas) and Aboriginal shields from the Australian Museum.
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
General note

Nos.1-16 have been reproduced in: 'Wanderings in wild Australia' / Sir Baldwin Spencer. Macmillan : London, 1928. Location number: ML 983.8/50A1-2 (2 volumes) Mitchell Library.
Digital order no:a1243019
Subject
Adult Males
Topic
Aboriginal art
Aboriginal artefacts
Aboriginal culture
Aboriginal customs
Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
bats (mammals)
corroborees
expeditions
farms
herons
outback
shields (weapons)
Place
Northern Territory
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