"Mother And Child, New South Wales, Australia, 19th Century By Lieutenant George Austin"
Mother and Child, New South Wales, Australia, 19th Century by Lieutenant George Austin Woods A large 19th century portrait of an Aboriginal mother and child from New South Wales, Australia, oil on canvas. A half-length portrait of excellent quality and condition, possibly unfinished. Labelled on the reverse with the name of Lieutenant George Austin Woods who, as a captain in the British Royal Navy and a self-taught painter, travelled throughout Australia and New Zealand painting portraits of his fellow crew members and the Aboriginal people where they stopped. Framed. Dimensions: 92.5 x 80cm approximately framed