Tags: Artwork.
In a corner on the Macintyre (Thunderbolt in an encounter with police at Paradise Creek) is a 1895 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting is thought to depict the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt in a shootout with police.Roberts painted the picture while staying at Newstead a station near Inverell New South Wales where he also painted his other significant bushranging work Bailed up.The painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Australia in 1971.
