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Captain Charles Sturt [B 6687] • Artwork

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Summary

Pencil sketch on paper portraying Captain Charles Sturt. Montefiore was a friend of Sturt and made an original sketch in 1849. It is believed this artwork is a copy of that original sketch, which was used in an obituary to commemorate Sturt, after his death in 1869.

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Physical description

Artwork (pencil on paper); 20.0 cm x 17.0 cm (irreg)

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1869

Artist

Montefiore, E. L

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869

Catalogue record

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General notes

Artwork is light damaged and very faint.

Historical information

Captain Charles Sturt, born India and joined the British Army, he arrived in Australia in 1827. Australian explorer, in 1830 he discovered and named the Murray River, an event that gave impetus to the settlement of South Australia. In 1838 be brought cattle overland to Adelaide from Sydney, after which Governor Gawler appointed him South Australian Surveyor-General and Registrar-General. Sturt later undertook additional expeditions into central Australia, but his health failed and he returned to England in 1851. Caption on the back reads "Captain Charles Sturt 1849. This portrait is reproduced in the 'Colonial Monthly' Sept. 1869 (frontis). We are indebted to the kindness of Mr EL Montefiore for the portrait of the late Captain Sturt, which appears in this number and which is a copy of a sketch made by that gentleman of his distinguished friend twenty years ago'. [Sturt was in England from October 1847 to March 1849].

Digitisation information

Date

03/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,394 x 2,919 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

21.00 MB

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