Name/TitleLong Jack, warrior with boomerang
About this objectLong Jack, warrior with boomerang.
Richard Brown was transported to Australia in 1811. He completed his sentence in 1817 and took up residence in Sydney. He specialised in drawing aborigines and local fauna for overseas visitors Several versions of the same aboriginal portraits are held by the National Library of Australia, evidence that Browne recreated his most popular drawings depending on demand. Another version of this drawing is held by the National Library of Australia.
This drawing demonstrates exactly the same technique, and the same handwriting in the legend as the drawings held by the National Library of Australia. This drawing must have been purchased by one of the crew of the Uranie during its 1819 stopover in Sydney. The legend written in French was added in Sydney at the same time.
MakerRichard Brown - Artist
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madec1819
Period19th century
Place MadeSydney, Australia
Medium and MaterialsPaper, watercolour with gouache highlights
Object TypeIndigenous History
Object numberSF001614
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Attribution - Non-commercial - No Derivatives (cc)
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The mug is decorated with an underglaze and a blue transfer print. On the body, it is titled ‘Emigrants to Australia’. This type of body and glaze was discontinued by 1840. Comparison of the handle shape and the profile of the foot, point to the attribution of manufacture by the Davenport Factory.
Delta was a ship-rigged vessel with two decks and three masts. It was built in Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1839 at the shipyard of Jan Schouten and registered in the same port. Its hull was constructed of oak and sheathed in ‘yellow metal’. Delta was owned by H. van der Sande at the time of its loss and was engaged as a cargo trader.
The Delta carried 29 crew and passengers, while sailing from Melbourne to Batavia in ballast when wrecked at Kenn Reefs on 30 May 1854 whilst under the command of Captain J.G. Kunst. This vessel loss supports the pattern of shipwrecks located on a well-travelled shipping route that was poorly charted until the mid-nineteenth century. The crew of the Delta could see four other shipwrecks at Kenn Reefs at the time of their vessel’s loss.
Important image of a ship associated with Matthew Flinders, that would shortly become one of the most famous early shipwrecks in eastern Australian waters. This is a fine ship’s portrait, by one of the great exponents of the art