Among Australian artist Sidney Nolan‘s prodigious output, one series of painting about 19th century bushranger Ned Kelly is the dearest to Australian hearts. Nolan‘s depiction of Kelly’s real life armor has become iconic of this time in Australian History.

Here the real Ned Kelly homemade armor

Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12779589

By Peter Purves Smith – Scanned image from Peter Purves Smith: a painter in peace and war, by Mary Eagle. Work held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15165295

By Peter Purves Smith – Art Gallery of South Australia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17129801

By Chensiyuan – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4253818