This is an oil painting, measuring 137.6 cm x 182.7 cm, by Patrick William Marony, depicting the death of the bushranger Ben Hall (1837-65) near Forbes, New South Wales. Hall sprawls in the foreground, his revolver on the ground in front of him and his rifle leaning against a tree. Behind him, across a broad clearing in a forest, seven policemen are firing at him. Flour is spilt on the ground beside a saddle in the bottom left-hand corner, and Hall clutches a bridle and reins.
Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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Creator | Patrick William Marony, artist, 1894 |
Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an2263709
TLF resource R3322 |
Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |