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Throwing the spear

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Public Domain
Type
Prints
Date
1813
Place
London, England; New South Wales, Australia
Materials
Ink, Paper
Collection
The Christensen Fund collection no. 1
Accession number
1995.0006.0020

Description

A colour aquatint titled "THROWING THE SPEAR". The print shows three men with spears in their hand. They are standing on a rocky outcrop. There are two birds falling from the sky with spears through them. There is a group of people waiting for the birds to fall.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 4:58:23 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.