View from the south side of King George's Sound.
Title
View from the south side of King George's Sound.
Source
'Views of Australian scenery, by William Westall.' London: G. & W. Nicol, 1814
Page or Plate number
plate 5.
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69), 597
Date made
1814
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured at a later date
Support
paper
State
Published state
Impression
undesignated impression with later hand-colouring
Edition information
edition unknown
Subject description
In the foreground two Aboriginal people are at a camp fire. The man kneels and the woman is wrapped in a european? blanket. Situated on high ground in the background can be seen Albany Harbour.
IRN
204609
Accession number
2010.1032
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australians | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.