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Title

(A) Portrait of 'Magie', Bunitj NT, aged 20 years 1883 (B) Portrait of 'Amie', Larrakia NT, aged 22 years 1887 (C) Portrait of a woman (D) Portrait of a girl

1883
1887

Artist

Paul Foelsche

Germany, Australia

30 Mar 1831 – 31 Jan 1914

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  • Details

    Dates
    1883
    1887
    Media category
    Photograph
    Materials used
    4 gelatin silver photographs
    Dimensions
    4 photographs; each 15.2 x 10.2 cm image/sheet; 21.8 x 31.0 cm original card
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1986
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    16.1986.11.a-d
    Copyright
    Unable to display image due to cultural restrictions
    Artist information
    Paul Foelsche

    Works in the collection

    22

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Carol Cooper and Alana Harris., Portraits of Oceania, 'Dignity or degradation: Aboriginal portraits from nineteenth century Australia', Sydney, 1997, 19 (illus.). cat.no. 55, part 11a; cat.no. 58, part 11b - both parts are illustrated on the same page.

Other works by Paul Foelsche

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