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Image of The National Picture
Author Stephen Scheding
Binding Paperback
Edition Standard
Condition Good Couple of small marks on binders but no damage to book
Publisher Please enquire
Release Date 01 Jan 2002
Price
$24.99
Weight 0.207kg
ISBN 9781740510660

Stephen Scheding, obsessive art researcher and author of the best selling 'A Small Unsigned Painting' dreams of fame and fortune from the discovery of a missing masterpiece. His sought after trophy is Benjamin Duterrau's 'The National Picture', an artwork so shrouded in legend that it has been described as 'the Holy Grail of Australian art'.

'The National Picture' has been missing for more than 150 years. It depicts one of the most controversial moments in Australian history: the 'conciliation' of a group of Tasmanian Aborigines by George Augustus Robinson.

As Australia struggles with the notion of reconciliation, Scheding's account of his quest for 'The National Picture' is not only and enthralling trail of obsession, it is ultimately a story which is critically relevant to today's national picture.