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Portrait of Balloderree

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.5 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 58

 

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  • Port Jackson Painter]
  • The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "67", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
  • The drawing is inscribed in brown ink at bottom centre with the name "Balloderree".
  • The drawing is unsigned and undated.
  • The drawing appears to have been cropped, notably on the right hand side where the blue band of the border is missing. The border and watermark match Watling drawing number 60, which has been similarly cropped on the left hand side, suggesting that these two drawings were originally one whole.
  • The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
  • By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).
  • Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) Zoology Library and Picture Library: Picture Library order number 12058
  • James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
  • Data sheet available.
  • Wheeler, A. and Smith, B, (eds.) The Art of the First Fleet and other early Australian Drawings. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988. (Plate 1, p. 18.)