IDNO

P.87246.VH

Description

Quarter-length portrait of Mary Ann Williams (née Cowan) (1849 - 12 May 1935), an Aboriginal woman, possibly from Clarence River?, wearing dingo tail head ornament and reed-pith neckless. [JD 13/5/2008, updated with name and dates, JD 26/09/2018]

Half-length portrait of an Aboriginal woman wearing a dingo tail fur ornament in her hair and a white reed-pith necklace. The background is a plain studio backdrop. [WV 17/6/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Clarence River; Ulmarra; Grafton

Cultural Affliation

Aboriginal; Gumbaynggirr

Named Person

Mary Ann Williams (née Cowan) (1849 - 12 May 1935)

Photographer

Lindt, John William

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

1872

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Carte-de-visite; Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87222.VH to P.87277.VH were found loose in the Museum’s paper archive envelope, VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

Exhibition: Exhibited at “Endless Forms. Charles Darwin Natural Science and the Visual Arts” with the following caption: John William Lindt (Grafton, Australia), Aboriginal women from Clarence River region. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge. (C.135)

Related Image: Same image held at Pitt Rivers Museum, reference 1998.249.11.2, with the e photograph attributed to Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia. [JD 13/5/2008]

Related Image: Same image held at Pitt Rivers Museum, reference 1998.249.11.2, with the following information: "Photographer: John William Lindt
Date of Photo: 1873
Continent: Oceania
Geographical Area: Australia and New Zealand
Country: Australia
Region/Place: New South Wales; Grafton
Cultural Group: Gumbaynggirr
Format: Print Black & White
Size: 197 x 152 mm
Acquisition: Loaned 1934
Description
Portrait of Mary Ann Williams (née Cowan) (1849-1935) of Ulmarra, wearing head ornament and reed-pith necklet.
Publications history: Illustrated as figure 278 on page 276 of Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts, edited by Diana Donald and Jane Munro (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum / New Haven: Yale Center for British art, in association with Yale University Press, 2009). Also listed on page 327 of the 'Checklist of Exhibits' as catalogue number 191.
Illustrated as figure 196 on page 186 of Elizabeth Edwards's essay 'Evolving Images: Photography, Race and Popular Darwinism', In Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts, edited by Diana Donald and Jane Munro (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum / New Haven: Yale Center for British art, in association with Yale University Press, 2009). Also listed on page 324 of the 'Checklist of Exhibits' as catalogue number 138. [CM 27/11/2009]." [Source: http://databases.prm.ox.ac.uk/fmi/webd/Photos_PRM, JD 26/09/2018

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 17/6/2009]