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Portrait of "Bi-Gong"
Artist: Watling, Thomas
Created: [between 1792 and 1797]
Dimensions: 17.5 x 13.9 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 38

 
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  • Thomas Watling]
  • The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "47", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
  • The drawing is inscribed in pencil at lower centre with the name "Bi-Gong".
  • The drawing is annotated in brown ink at bottom "All the lights should be broke down to a sombrous tint".
  • The drawing is signed at lower right "T.W.g. delt.", but is undated.
  • 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 12038
  • 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 60, p. 64.)