Description
This is a painting on canvas called 'Captain Stirling's exploring party 50 miles up the Swan River, Western Australia, March, 1827'. The painting, measuring 29.2 cm x 36.0 cm, shows a tree-lined section of the Swan River, near present-day Perth. There are two boats: on one of them, men in British navy uniforms are lowering or raising a mast with a sail. Other navy men are standing on the nearby bank, where hammocks are strung between trees. In the foreground, on the opposite bank, are three Indigenous Australian men holding spears. On the right-hand side are three black swans. Further right, on the same bank, is a British man standing alone and two other figures, perhaps Indigenous Australians with spears. In the background is a section of the Darling Ranges.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | William John Huggins, artist, 1827 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an2260474
TLF resource R4648 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
