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Tristan da Cunha |
Tristan da Cunha is an island group in the South Atlantic Ocean about midway between southern Africa and South America. It was discovered in 1506 by a Portuguese admiral and remained uninhabited until 1816 when a British garrison briefly took up residence. Although the troops left the following year, Corporal William Glass (later known as `Governor') chose to remain behind and together with his wife, Maria, established a primitive settlement. Earle was stranded there in March 1824 when his ship, the Duke of Gloucester, inexplicably set sail without him. (Many of his South American watercolours presumably disappeared at that time as well.) It was fortunate that Earle had taken painting equipment ashore and was able to occupy himself recording his impressions of the island until his supplies ran out. He subsequently described the eight-month ordeal in a letter to a Hobart newspaper and published a lengthier account after his arrival back in England. The paintings included in this section are more sombre than earlier works and depict the inhabitants and their daily activities as well as the stark, desolate landscape. |
![]() | Government House, Tristan D'Acunha (1824) 17.5 x 26 NK12/2 T42 |
![]() | Solitude,Tristan D'Acunha,watching the horizon (1824) 17.5 x 25.7 NK12/3 T43 |
![]() | Governor Glass & his companions, Tristan D'Acunha (1824) 17.5 x 26 NK12/6 T46 |
![]() | Flinching a young sea elephant (1824) 17.5 x 26 NK12/9 T49 |
![]() | A man killing albatross Tristan D'Acunha (1824) 19.3 x 33.3 NK12/15 T54 |
![]() | June Park, Van Dieman's [sic] Land, perfect park scenery (1825) 24.2 x 40.3 NK12/27 T65 |
![]() | Port Jackson, New South Wales (c.1825) 10.8 x 35.2 NK12/22 T60 |
![]() | A native camp of Australian savages (1826) 25.1 x 43.8 NK12/28 T66 |
![]() | A native family of N.S. Wales (c.1826-27) 17.5 x 25.7 NK12/45 T83 |
![]() | A woman of New South Wales (1825-27) 24.8 x 18.7 NK12/35 T73 |
![]() | Desmond, a New South Wales chief (c.1825-27) 25.7 x 17.5 NK12/61 T99 |
![]() | View from the summit of Mount York, N.S. Wales (c.1826-27) 22.5 x 33 NK12/23 T61 |
![]() | Mosmans Cave, Wellington Valley, N.S. Wales No. 3 (1826-27) 34 x 22.9 NK12/43 T81 |
![]() | Skirmish, bush rangers & constables, Ilawarra [sic] (1827) 17.5 x 26 NK12/49 T87 |
![]() | The farm house of W. Lawson esq. N.S. Wales (c.1826-27) 12.7 x 25.7 NK12/S1 T89 |
![]() | A female penitentiary, Paramatta [sic], N.S. Wales (1825-27) 15.9 x 25.7 NK12/47 T85 |
![]() | Government House & part of the town of Sidney [sic] (1828) 18.1 x 31.1 NK12/31 T69 |
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