Description
This is a portrait of an Indigenous Australian man from the Port Jackson (Sydney) area of New South Wales, created in about 1790 by an unknown artist. He is depicted from the waist up, with white paint on his face, arms and chest. The text 'When angry and (as I suppose) intends to fight at a future period' is written below the image of the man. Measuring 29.4 cm x 24.0 cm, the portrait was painted in gouache (watercolours mixed with gum).
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Port Jackson Painter, artist |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an5600803
TLF resource R4034 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
