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This is one of the ten paintings by Westall of Matthew Flinders' Australian voyage (1801–1803) that the Admiralty commissioned from 1809 (ZBA7914, 7935–7936, 7938–7944): they were completed over the next three years. It looks down from high ground towards what appear to be two bays divided by an isthmus, but may be one large inlet connected between the distant hills shown. Flinders' 'Investigator' spent four weeks surveying around King George's Sound but even from his written account it is hard to work out the topography shown here, though the bay may be the one Flinders called Princess Royal Harbour. In the foreground, under a palm and another tree, two Aboriginal figures are tending a fire. The woman on the left has beads round her neck and is swathed in a blanket; the man on the right has feathers in his hair and is naked.
Title
Part of King George III Sound on the south coast of New Holland, December 1801
Date
1809–1812
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 80.1 x W 106 cm
Accession number
ZBA7943
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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