Context (Display)
On display in the Maudslay Gallery, from till 2025.
With display texts that read, 'Lines that could be scars (no.24), 2015 / Tom Nicholson / Drypoint and burnishing
The lines on this print pick out a detail from John Webber's drawing An Interview between Captain Cook and the natives; the earliest known European image of contact between Europeans and Australian Aboriginal people. Look at the drawing to see the body scarification (deliberate cuts) on the bodies of the Australian Aboriginal men. The marks on the men were created with sharp tools, like those used to create the print.

The fishing spear in this case was taken by explorer Captain Cook in Australia in 1770. It represents another early and important moment of contact between Europeans and Australian Aboriginal people.
Lines that could be scars (no.24) is part of a series of 24 prints, produced as part of the Museum's collaborative Antipodes Project (2015-2016) with the Australian Print Workshop.
Gifted by the Australian Print Workshop, 2016. 2016.71

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[Caption of image] Webber's drawing shows Cook meeting a group of Australian Aboriginal men at Adventure Bay on Bruny Island, Tasmania, in January 1777, at the beginning of Cook's final Pacific voyage. An Interview between Captain Cook and the natives by John Webber.
1777. Courtesy and Copyright National Museum of the Royal Navy.'
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Acquisition Details)
Part of a suite of 24 original limited edition fine art drypoint prints (2016.49-2016.72) by Tom Nicholson titled: ‘Lines that could be scars (no.1 -no.24)’.
Donated by the Australian Print Workshop, 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia.
Event Date 4/4/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Other owners)
'Tom Nicholson (*1973) is an artist who lives and works in Melbourne. He is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane, and is a Lecturer in Drawing at Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) at Monash University, Melbourne.'
Taken from: http://www.tomn.net/ [4 April 2016]. See also for extended CV comprising exhibitions and selected writings.
Event Date 4/4/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Black and white drypoint print by Tom Nicholson titled: 'Lines that could be scars (no.23)'. Blind stamp 'APW' in the bottom right corner of the print. Annotated on the reverse [in pencil]: 'Pres. Proof 1/2 Lines that could be scars (no.23) TN15'. Condition: Good.
Event Date 4/4/2016
Author: Remke Velden