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North west view in the crater of Mt Gambier, South Australia
1857
Medium
pen and ink and wash over pencil
Measurements
28.3 × 51.0 cm irreg. (image) 33.8 × 51.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948
Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
In August 1858 newspapers reported that Eugene von Guérard had completed a set of ‘about thirty very beautifully executed pen-and-ink drawings of the lake, mountain, forest, river, and coast scenery of his adopted country’ for the station owner John Bakewell to take back to England. The NGV’s thirty-six von Guérard drawings were purchased from descendants of Bakewell. Although the drawings were acquired in two groups, consecutive numbering by von Guérard on the sheets shows that they are all part of the same original commission.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.l.: 29. / North West View in the Crater of Mt Gambier / South Astralia 1857.
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: Eug. von Guérard
Accession Number
1831K-4
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest