Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits : a guide to the portrait painters of early Australia with special reference to colonial New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land to 1850.
Sydney: Eureka Research, 1978. Limited ed of 1,500 copies, octavo, pp.421, incl Index, profusely illustrated with b&w portraits, original gilt titled boards in d.j. Near fine condition.
Early images of Australian explorers and settlers including portraits of Governor Macquarie, Phillip Parker King, Baudin and many early portraits of aborigines (pp.209-215, 292-304). Detailed biographies of about 100 artists and 600 illustrations together with catalogues of works and sources of Australian portraiture. In 1979 following the publication of this book, Eve Buscombe selected and catalogued works for the touring exhibition "Australian Colonial Portraits" Item #99438
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