Terms and conditions of use
Stockmans hut and dairy from the milking yard, Barton, Mount William, Grampians, in the colony of Port Philip, Australia
1842
Medium
pen and ink over pencil on blue paper
Measurements
13.9 × 34.8 cm irreg. (image) 24.8 × 34.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse u.l.: Stockman's Hut and Dairy, from the milking yard. / Barton. Mt.. William. Grampians. / in the colony of Port Philip, Australia. / Drawn by Richd. Hanmer Bunbury / to whom this Estate belongs, 1842.
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse u.r.: H C Bunbury (Bunbury underlined)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.l.: was one of the first / members of the / Melbourne Club. (Club. underlined)
inscribed in pen and ink on accompanying card c.r.: "Richard Hanmer Bunbury is a brother of / Lt H.W. Bunbury. The Town of Bunbury, Western Australia was named after Lt. H.W. / Bunbury, and he (H.W.B.) is my grandfather. / The sketches were sent by Hanmer Bunbury / to his father Lt. Gen. Sir H.E. Bunbury, K.C.B." / Sir Charles H.N. Bunbury / corresp. May 1954.
inscribed in pen and ink on accompanying card l.r.: Richard Hanmer Bunbury, / 24 drawings of Australian Flora and Scenery, / 1844. / Presented by Sir Charles H.N. Bunbury, Bt, / Naunton Hall, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, / Suffolk, England, Grandson (underlined) ('son' is crossed through) nephew of the artist. / corresp. May 1954.
Accession Number
3073.9-4
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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