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Desolation camp looking west [picture] / George French Angas
Bib ID 1060329
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline
Author
Angas, George French, 1822-1886
 
Online Versions
Description [between 1859 and 1864] 
1 print : transfer lithograph ; 12.1 x 18.5 cm. 
Series

George French Angas after John MacDouall Stuart.

Summary

The presence of the emu running across the barren plain to the left emphasises the dramatic emptiness and desolation of parts of inland Australia.

Notes

Condition: good.

Title from inscription on reverse.

Subjects Stuart, John McDouall, - 1815-1866 - Journeys - Australia, Central - Pictorial works.  |  Explorers - Australia, Central - Pictorial works.  |  Australia, Central - Pictorial works.  |  Australia, Central - Discovery and exploration - Pictorial works.

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