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Mount William from the verandah at Barton

Mount William from the verandah at Barton
 1844

Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash over pencil on buff paper
Measurements
13.9 × 35.6 cm irreg. (image) 26.0 × 35.6 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse u.l.: Mount William from The verandah at Barton. / height 4500 feet and about 400 above the Station. / accessible on horseback for about one third of the / way up, and above that inaccessible in most parts / even on foot. November 1844.
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
3073.8-4
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display