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[Adelaide Mounted Police and Native Prisoners] [B 72819] • Artwork

[Adelaide Mounted Police and Native Prisoners]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72819/1

Painting by Gill.

[Adelaide Mounted Police and Native Prisoners]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72819/2

Inscription on back of painting.

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Summary

Painted by S. T. Gill (1818-1880) from a collection of sketches (ten sepia watercolours) from Horrocks' expedition, 1846 and South Australia. Signed with initials lower left: S. T. G. Inscribed lower right: Adelaide Mounted Police / and native prisoners. Inscribed verso: Adelaide Mounted Police & Native Prisoners / Such a scene occurs on the apprehension / of such native depradators as may not / regard with nicety the existance [sic] in / their butchering vocations the diferances [sic] between the white & black mans Kangaroo - between / Brown hair & White wool - Native sheep - stealers - in custody. / So Australia sketch.

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Physical description

Artwork (sepia watercolour); 22.0 x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1846

Artist

Gill, Samuel Thomas

Collection

Part of Horrocks Expedition Collection

Subject

Horrocks, John Ainsworth, 1818-1846

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Formatted content

B 72819/1: Painting by Gill.
B 72819/2: Inscription on back of painting.

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