- The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top with the number "60", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
- The drawing is annotated in brown ink at upper left "The Hair appears as if very woolley, but it is only so with grease and dirt."
- The drawing is unsigned and undated.
- The style of painting and the use of colour resembles Watling Drawing number 53.
- 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 12051
- 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 32, p. 44.)
|
![[Aboriginal woman and child by a fire]](image.dsml?imageref=NHM-UK_L_a350489_051_M_1.jpg&width=300)