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    Bushranger stealthily robbing a traveller sleeping in the bush, 1855, by Frederick Grosse, 1828-1894 (engraver), Nicholas Chevalier, 1828-1902 (artist), courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

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Title
Bushranger stealthily robbing a traveller sleeping in the bush
Description

This wood engraving appeared in the Melbourne Punch in 1855. Its caption read: Scene - The Black Forest / Air - "Still so gently o’er me stealing".

Date
1855
Creator
Frederick Grosse, 1828-1894 (engraver), Nicholas Chevalier, 1828-1902 (artist)
Control
Accession Number: MP00/00/56/21, Image Number: mp024460
Archival Source
Pictures Collection; State Library of Victoria. Details
Rights
Courtesy State Library of Victoria

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Created: 1 August 2006