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Aborigines Hunting
Thomas Balcombe (1810–1861) · 1850s
A$16,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $15,745≈ £7,953≈ €9,920
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left: T. Balcombe inscribed verso: T.T. Balcombe/ Pinxt / April 185...(illegible)
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (4-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- April 17, 2008
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 113
- Estimate
- A$8,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $7,498 – $11,247) (≈ £3,787 – £5,681) (≈ €4,724 – €7,086)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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