88984
- TitleKertamaroo, a Native of South Australia [&] Mocatta, commonly known as Pretty Mary, a Native of South Australia
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- Call numberDG PM 1
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1840 (dated by Jane Hylton, Colonial sisters Martha Berkeley & Theresa Walker, Art Gallery of South Australia, 1994 p.71 (n.32) & p.90-91) - Type of material
- Reference code88984
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical DescriptionObjects - each medallion ca. 10.5 cm diameter, in mount 17.5 x 32 cm - 2 wax relief portrait medallions set into a velvet covered mount, which has 2 circular windows cut out of it in which the medallions sit: frame may not be contemporary
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - General note
Portraits identifed by Jane Hylton, Colonial sisters Martha Berkeley & Theresa Walker, Art Gallery of South Australia, 1994, p.55, p.71 (n.32) & p.90-91 cf. 709.9942307/1 Mitchell Library
A portrait lithograph of Mocatta and Kertamaroo was published in "South Australia in 1842..." (London, 1843) opp. p.23 cf. 983.41 Mitchell Library. An imprint on the lithograph identifies the two portraits as being 'Model'd from Life by Mrs Walker'
Lady Jane Franklin visited Adelaide in 1840, when she possibly acquired these medallions cf. Joan Kerr ed., Heritage, 1995, p.2: Ref.1/Q709.94/115 Mitchell Library
Library officers previously described these medallions as being Tasmanian aborigines
Transferred from DG P*1, June 1995
Digital order no:62889 - Signatures / Inscriptions
A label (probably written by a Library officer) on reverse reads "Formerly the property of Lady Franklin, who obtained them in Tasmania when her husband, Sir John Franklin, was Governor. Purchased from her niece Miss Lefroy" - Name
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