Drawings from the Frome expedition [B 2434/1-43] • Artwork
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Distant view of Reaping Hook Hill' [Henderson in his journal described it as "an arid, dry rock, quite the reverse of what it had promised to be when seen from a distance"]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Smoker's Valley' [20 August 1843, sketched on the day the Frome expedition party started its return journey from the Black Rock hills of the Flinders Ranges]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'A stormy night in the bush' [Explorers' campsite during a storm at night. The location is not specified in Henderson's journal]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Chase of a kangaroo' [Henderson's sketch of himself chasing a kangaroo]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'View of the Gulph [sic] and the Port from the hills near Mount Lofty' [View showing the hills near Mount Lofty with the Gulf St Vincent and Port Adelaide on the far horizon]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Bank of South Australia' [situated on North Terrace, Adelaide]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Adelaide Gaol' [View of the Adelaide Gaol, ca. 1843, showing the gaol governor's house at left, parts of the 18 foot high outer wall and two of the octagonal corner towers. The building was designed by architect George Strickland Kingston and begun in 1840. For a view of the interior side of the governor's house, see B 17790 (painting by H. Glover)]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Rapid Bay' [watercolour, showing the cliffs and coastline at Rapid Bay]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Calypso's Grotto, Rapid Bay' [watercolour, showing Calypso's Grotto in the cliffs at Rapid Bay]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Valley of the Inman' [River - scene in Inman Valley, in the Hundred of Encounter Bay. Original is a watercolour]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Rapid Bay' [watercolour, view of the cliffs and coastline at Rapid Bay]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
Street scene in Adelaide, ca. 1843. [Presumption of location based on South Australian content of whole album.]
Drawings from the Frome expedition
'Rapid Bay' [watercolour, view of the cliffs and coastline at Rapid Bay].