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[Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition] [B 72811] • Artwork

[Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72811/1

Painting by Gill.

[Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition] — [Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72811/1

Painting by Gill.

[Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72811/2

Inscription on back of painting.

[Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition] — [Country N.W. of Point Encounter, Horrocks' N.W. Expedition]

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1846, Artwork, B 72811/2

Inscription on back of painting.

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Summary

Painted by S. T. Gill (1818-1880) from a collection of sketches (ten sepia watercolours) from Horrocks' expedition, 1846 and South Australia. Inscribed upper right: John Horrocks. Inscribed verso: N1 / Counrty NW of Point Encounter - / Showing the scrub covered plain - and the high land / in the distance, for which Horrocks was making when / the accident put a stop to his procee[d]ing - From original / sketch taken in the after-noon of the same day that / the attack of the blacks took place in the Evening / under the hill the figures are represented to be on / in the sketch - A circumstance which induced Horrocks / to name the hill which ends at its highest end abruptly - Point Encounter - situated about (West from De[p?] / Creek and distant about 30 miles) from the neck of the creek / So of Lake Torrent near 10 miles - Horrocks's NW Expedition / So Australia / August 28th/46.

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Physical description

Artwork (sepia watercolour); 14.5 x 21.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1846

Artist

Gill, Samuel Thomas

Collection

Part of Horrocks Expedition Collection

Subject

Horrocks, John Ainsworth, 1818-1846

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Formatted content

B 72811/1: Painting by Gill.
B 72811/2: Inscription on back of painting.

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