Tommy McRae
Before the fight – A war dance, 1890
McRae’s ‘Before the fight – a war dance’, c. 1890, beautifully evokes cloaked and bearded Aboriginal warriors preparing to engage in a form of dispute resolution, a theme that is relatively uncommon in McRae’s oeuvre.
- Artist / Maker
- Tommy McRae (c. 1829—1901)
- Creation Date
- c. 1890
- Place created
- Australia
- Collection
- University Art Collection
- Subjects
- Art and design - drawings
- Materials used
- pen and iron gall ink on paper
- Dimensions
(H x W x D) - sheet 24.1 x 34.4 cm
- Credit line
- The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Purchased through the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund with the support of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account, 2024
- Accession number
- 2024.001.001
- Copyright
- Public domain. For image enquiries contact the Museums and Collections Department, Potter Museum of Art. Request Access
