Ricky Maynard
Mission - Portrait of a Distant Land, 2005/08
silver gelatin print on paper
44h x 44w cm (image size); 71h x 69w cm (overall, framed size)
edition of 10 plus 3 artist proofs
BG1287
POA
“As you expressed I wish to be acquainted with some of the natives, if you will dine with me tomorrow you will oblige me by christening a fine native boy...
“As you expressed I wish to be acquainted with some of the natives, if you will dine with me tomorrow you will oblige me by christening a fine native boy who I have. Unfortunately poor boy, his father and mother were killed. He is about two years old”.
3rd May 1804 letter of invitation from Mountgarret to the Rev. Robert Knopwood for
his first direct contact with a Tasmanian Aborigine, a surviving infant from the Risdon massacre
3rd May 1804 letter of invitation from Mountgarret to the Rev. Robert Knopwood for
his first direct contact with a Tasmanian Aborigine, a surviving infant from the Risdon massacre
Exhibitions
Ricky Maynard - A Survey