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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 by him over the next three years. It shows a view from a high vantage point, over a rocky eminence to the left, towards a distant bay also opening on the left (east) to seaward. The head of the bay is at centre with a rocky coast and a seaward promontory at left in the distance behind. The centre and right foreground comprise the edge of a sharp, rocky drop into a gulley or valley, with dense forest filling the full height of the canvas on the high ground of the artist's viewpoint. Three Aboriginal figures (two with tattoo-like markings) are climbing up over the edge of the drop, at the foot of the forest.
Title
View of Port Bowen, Queensland, August 1802
Date
c.1811
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 87.1 x W 127.8 cm
Accession number
ZBA7941
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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