Collection Item
Aborigine fishing c 1853
This painting is by Thomas Balcombe, who would have encountered Aboriginal people while on surveying field trips around the New South Wales coast and inland to the Murray River, Bathurst and Goulburn during the 1830s and 1840s. Balcombe displays an interest in traditional Aboriginal life in many of his works. This fishing scene depicts an Aboriginal man in a classical heroic pose. His identity and the exact location are unknown.
Collection Item Type:
Oil on board
Call Number:
ML 1453
Published date:
c 1853
On display:
Exhibition Galleries
Copyright Information:
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Display Location:
Exhibition Galleries