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Image reference: 12055
Title:
Portrait of an Aboriginal man
Description:
Drawing 55 from the Watling Collection titled 'A Native going to Dance' by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797.
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Collection: Anthropology
Category: Other
Keywords: aborigine, australia, collection, dance, drawing, illustration, man, portrait, watling, thomas (1762 -c. 1814)
© The Natural History Museum, London
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| | 512 Original watercolour drawings of the Aboriginal Peoples, Animals, Plants and Scenery (with maps) in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson, New South Wales, circa 1792-1794. Thomas Watling (1762-1814?) was convicted of forgery and sentenced at Dumfries in April 1789 to be transported for 14 years; he eventually reached Sydney, New South Wales, on 7th October 1792.
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