The Drover's Wife by Russell Drysdale

The Drover's Wife

The Drover's Wife is a 1945 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts a flat, barren landscape with a woman in a plain dress in the foreground—a man, a wagon and two horses are in the background. The painting has been described as "an allegory of the white Australian people’s relationship with this ancient land."^[1] The title of the painting comes from an 1896 sketch story written by Henry Lawson.^[2]

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