*Sources:
E. Phillips Fox, Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay 1770, 1902 oil on canvas, 192 x 265 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
(not currently on display, archived in NGV as ‘History and Legend’)
(inset detail) Raphael, The School of Athens, 1508-11, fresco, 500 x 900 cm (approx.), Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican CityBenjamin Duterrau, The Conciliation, 1840 oil on canvas, 121 x 170.5 cm, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
(not currently on display, written by art historians as “the first epic historical painting of the colonies”)(quote) “truth is a negotiated outcome” – Greg Lehman, “Fearing Truganini” Artlink 31.2 (2011)
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history // painting
By Bradley Visaka David | 7 May 2025