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Section 3 The Progress of Art

Lieut Robert Dale, 1810-1856,
engraver Robert Havell, 1769-1832
Panoramic View of King George's Sound, Part of the Colony of Swan River 1834 (detail)

hand-coloured aquatint; 19 x 274.2 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection; NK759/2 U708
National Library of Australia

 

Both a topographical artist and an explorer, Dale arrived at Swan River in June 1829 to take up the position of temporary assistant government surveyor. From May 1832 he was stationed at King George Sound, exploring the region to the north. He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant and transferred to India. His work represents one of the earliest pictorial records of the region.

 

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