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Tasmanian Aborigines (1856-57)

Tasmanian Aborigines (1856-57)

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Robert DOWLING
Great Britain 1827–86
arrived in Australia 1834 worked
in Great Britain 1857–84
Tasmanian Aborigines (1856–57)
oil on canvas
(63.6 x 118.6 cm)
Purchased, 1949
2102-4

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Robert Dowling painted in Tasmania and Victoria for seven years before returning to Great Britain in 1857. When he revisited Melbourne in 1884 for two years he had a well-established reputation and produced significant portrait commissions.

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