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Collection: Striking Impressions

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Four men with large bellies, large eyes and protruding lower lips carry full sacks into an office and say Mr Mayor, we have brought great quantities of corn to market and no body will buy, we request your advice what to do with it. The mayor, a smug looking figure in a red and gold coat, replies Do with it? why, as you have done, Keep it!! His assistant holds up a paper saying Ordered the price of bread to be lowered one half tomorrow. Out the window can be seen a cart piled with sacks labelled To go back no purchasers and a labourer saying Dang it, if I did not think it would come to this at last.

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Handsome man with a high forehead.

Handsome man with a slightly upturned nose.

Head of a bearded man sticking his tongue out, with large eyes, cheeks and nose. Made of ceramic coloured deep blue.

Highly stylised human figure with a large head cocked at an angle, huge eyes, nose and open mouth. Made of polished, translucent green stone with mother of pearl eyes.

Illustration of a small man in an oversized coat. His gaunt facial features are close together. He leans on a chair for support.

Illustration of a small man in an oversized coat. His gaunt facial features are close together. He leans on a chair for support.

Illustration of a tall, stooped man with dark features. He wears a black coat, cap and a large bag over his shoulder. In his hands are a pair of scissors and some lengths of string.

Illustration of a tall, stooped man with dark features. He wears a black coat, cap and a large bag over his shoulder. In his hands are a pair of scissors and some lengths of string.

Illustration of an Aboriginal Australian woman in profile, anonymised by being silhouetted. Her loose clothing and cloak are drawn normally. A bag lies by her feet. Captioned Mary, Botany Bay Tribe.

Illustration of two large men, one of whom has a fox head.

Illustration of two large men, one of whom has a fox head.

In a room full of books and plaster heads, a man with a bulbous, red, freshly shaved head sits in a chair. A tall man measures the sitters head with callipers and a ruler, focusing intently. A barber with a razor and bowl of water leaves the room, looking at the scene with incredulity.

In a room full of books and plaster heads, a man with a bulbous, red, freshly shaved head sits in a chair. A tall man measures the sitters head with callipers and a ruler, focusing intently. A barber with a razor and bowl of water leaves the room, looking at the scene with incredulity.

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