Mount Taylor and Mount Hale
Date
1875
Creator
Henry Charles Prinsep (1844 - 1922, Australian) , Artist
After
1st Baron of Forrest of Bunbury John Forrest (1847 - 1918, Australian) , Explorer
Object type
Library reference
RCN39561
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 330mm
width (print): 228mm
width (print): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view including two peaks in Western Australia, Mount Taylor (184 metres) and Mount Hale (687 metres). The scene includes two figures mounted on horseback, members of the Western Australian Exploring Expedition of 1874.
Figure 6 from the monograph Journal of the proceedings of the Western Australian Exploring Expedition through the centre of Australia…commanded by John Forrest (Richard Pether, Perth, 1875).
Inscribed ‘PLATE 6. H.C. Prinsep delt. H.G De Gruchy & Co., Melb. MT.TAYLOR WITH MT.HALE IN THE DISTANCE from Camp 22.’
According to the accompanying text, the view represents the expedition’s progress to 4 May 1874: ‘steering a little South of East for about nine miles over splendidly grassed country we camped on a small pool of fresh water on one of the courses of the river…Marked a tree F/22 being 22nd camp from Geraldton.’
Forrest commented upon these illustrations: ‘Owing to my absence in England while Mr. Prinsep was engaged making the drawings from my rough field sketches, the names of some of the views were inserted erroneously…’ This view was captioned correctly.
John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury (1847-1918) Australian explorer and politician. Forrest became first Premier of Western Australia.
Figure 6 from the monograph Journal of the proceedings of the Western Australian Exploring Expedition through the centre of Australia…commanded by John Forrest (Richard Pether, Perth, 1875).
Inscribed ‘PLATE 6. H.C. Prinsep delt. H.G De Gruchy & Co., Melb. MT.TAYLOR WITH MT.HALE IN THE DISTANCE from Camp 22.’
According to the accompanying text, the view represents the expedition’s progress to 4 May 1874: ‘steering a little South of East for about nine miles over splendidly grassed country we camped on a small pool of fresh water on one of the courses of the river…Marked a tree F/22 being 22nd camp from Geraldton.’
Forrest commented upon these illustrations: ‘Owing to my absence in England while Mr. Prinsep was engaged making the drawings from my rough field sketches, the names of some of the views were inserted erroneously…’ This view was captioned correctly.
John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury (1847-1918) Australian explorer and politician. Forrest became first Premier of Western Australia.
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