Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1844, Photograph, B 7861
Photograph of an original artwork. Departure of Captain Sturt's Expedition, King William Street, 10 August 1844. A crowd of onlookers watches the mounted Expedition members ride past along King William Street. City buildings are seen on either side of the road. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 78, 79,108 / Departure of Sturt's Expedition / 10th August, 1844 / Looking south down King William Street / from the coloured lithograph by S.T. Gill in George French Angas' 'South Australia Illustrated'. This reproduction has been made from the original sketch held at the Art Gallery of South Australia. B 7074 has been copied from a lithograph. A comparison of the two reveals differences in the Acres 78 and 108.