On the Wallaby Track

April 28, 2017 | Posted by Lesley Jakobsen | ART, AUSTRALIANIA | 1 Comment |

(1896 – Frederick McCubbin)

Wondering why the wife in Frederick McCubbin’s “On the Wallaby Track” looks so despairing and drained? Is it because she is in a really dreary painting?

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No…Look more closely….is it because she and her husband are poor, itinerant workers who live on billy tea?

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No…Look closer still….is it because she is tired and her clothes are old and dirty?

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No.  Is it because her hands are deformed?  Maybe…

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Nooo…most likely it’s because she gave birth to a huge, hideous cannibal baby….

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No wonder they live under a tree.

1 Comment

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    Canna Lily

    May 1, 2017

    Yecch - junior got hit with the ugly stick!


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