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Richard Browne(Irish, 1776-1824)Native Woman with her Provisions
14 – 15 November 2010, 11:00 AEDT
SydneySold for AU$108,000 inc. premium
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Native Woman with her Provisions
signed and inscribed 'R Browne delt 9 Macquarie Street' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'Sydney N.S.W. 1818' (lower left), further inscribed 'Native woman with her proisions' (upper centre) and 'BRUAIR' (lower centre) and extensively inscribed verso watercolour and bodycolour
30.5 x 20cm (12 x 7 7/8in).
signed and inscribed 'R Browne delt 9 Macquarie Street' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'Sydney N.S.W. 1818' (lower left), further inscribed 'Native woman with her proisions' (upper centre) and 'BRUAIR' (lower centre) and extensively inscribed verso watercolour and bodycolour
30.5 x 20cm (12 x 7 7/8in).
Footnotes
The letter addressed to the G.. Sec't of the Mission Society/77 Hatton Garden/London.
It refers to the subject of the painting and provides valuable ethnographic information of the woman, the items she is carrying, their containers,the material from which they are made, and their Aboriginal names.
William Walker (1800-1855) was a Methodist Minister in the Colony and was based in Parramatta at the time. The Mission Society later became The Wesleyan Society.