File:Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855 RMG BHC1191.tiff
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editThomas Baines: Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855
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John Thomas Baines |
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Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: Aboriginal Canoes Communicating with the 'Monarch' and the 'Tom Tough', 28 August 1855 The artist took part in A.C. Gregory's expedition to North Australia, to record its activities in drawings and watercolours. This oil painting, produced later, shows Aborigines in a boat approaching the confronting European boat during their expedition in the Gulf of Carpentaria, south of Prince of Wales Island, on 28 August 1855. The Aborigines, wearing body paint, are portrayed in their canoe which dominates the picture. Four men paddle the canoe towards the stern of the schooner 'Tom Tough', commanded by Captain Gourlay, while the man at the front of the boat holds out his arms in preparation to catch a line being tossed by a sailor. The Aborigine in the centre of the craft holds a bow and rope in his right hand. With his left hand he proffers a gift. Behind him on the canoe is a small fire and a seated Aborigine playing a didgeridoo, and behind him two more men are also paddling. This canoe is followed by another craft and land can be seen in the far distance to the left. The stern of the 'Tom Tough' is lined with sailors looking at the occupants of the canoe and there is also a woman on board. The barque 'Monarch' can be seen on the horizon to the left of the painting, with several canoes. The 'Tom Tough' may have been named after the English tune 'Tom Tough' written by Charles Dibdin (1740-1814) who was paid to write a series of songs to 'keep alive the national feelings against the French'. His songs were said to have recruited more men for the Navy than the press-gang. |
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| Date | 1868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 596 mm x 797 mm x 75 mm;Painting: 458 x 660 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC1191 |
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| Notes | This item will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1927-356 id number: BHC1191 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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