Captain Rossiter comes to Eyre's aid, Great Australian Bight, 1841
Title
Captain Rossiter comes to Eyre's aid, Great Australian Bight, 1841
Date made
1890
Category
Technique
photo-engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured
Support
paper
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre below image in black pencil, 'JOHN EYRE & WYLIE MEETING CAPTAIN ROSSITER, THISTLE COVE NEAR ESPERANCE 1841'.
IRN
204651
Accession number
2010.1028
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
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.