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Portrait of King Sandy

This oil painting by Swedish born artist, Oscar Fristrom depicts Kirwallie or "King Sandy", a well-known Aboriginal elder of the Brisbane region. The painting is housed in an ornate gold coloured frame. it is a head an upper body depiction of an elderly Aboriginal man with a full grey white beard. He is wearing a white shirt which is open to his chest which shows signs of tribal scarification. View item in catalogue

Portrait of King Sandy, 1899, Oscar Fristrom (1856-1918), State Library of Queensland.

Attribution

Photo by Joe Ruckli, 2021.