William WESTALL
The wreck of the Porpoise
(1803)

Medium
pencil on grey paper laid down

Measurements
12.0 × 25.2 cm irreg. (image) 17.3 × 26.6 cm (sheet) 23.8 × 33.5 cm (backing sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004

Gallery location
Not on display

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Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink on front of backing sheet l.r.: Boats crew picking up stragglers after the wreck of the Porpoise / on a coral reef off the S. E. Coast of Australia

Accession Number
2004.303

Department
Australian Prints & Drawings

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William WESTALL
The wreck of the Porpoise
(1803)