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'The Murray River 30 miles above Lake Alexandrina Victoria' [PRG 50/34/7] • Artwork

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Summary

Watercolour painting by colonial artist John Michael Skipper, with the inscription 'The Murray 30 miles above Lake Alexandrina Victoria. Mount Barker in the distance. Expedition going up December 1839'. Signed 'J.M.S., 1840'. The painting shows a longitudinal view along a stretch of the Murray River, with lightly wooded, undulating land on either side. In the bottom right hand corner an Aboriginal man is shown hunting a goanna.

Restrictions

This image depicts Australian Aboriginal people or aspects of their culture.

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Physical description

Artwork
watercolour
26 cm x 34 cm (image), 34 cm x 47 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1840

Creator

Gawler (Family

Catalogue record

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Local notes

Contains Aboriginal content

Digitisation information

Date

17/04/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,096 x 3,218 pixels (13.2 MP)

Size

39.57 MB

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