Description
This is a circular pencil drawing on coloured scraper board, measuring 22.7 cm in diameter. It was drawn in the 1850s by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-80). It depicts a European family of mother, father and small daughter interacting with an elderly Indigenous Australian man and two Indigenous children in front of the door of a primitive wooden house. The young girl, encouraged by her mother, is offering a plate of food to one of the children. The landscape in the background is bare and bleak. In the foreground a sheepdog sits, watching the people.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Samuel Thomas Gill, artist |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an2351777
TLF resource R4382 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
