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NT PAINTERS & SKETCH ARTISTS

Chron order - JS Roe - any Dutch 
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Dance of Aboriginals at Fort Wellington, Raffles Bay NLA MFM1314
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Raffles Bay 1839, with Aboriginal Settlement & Shipping in the background. 1839 Louis LeBreton
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Pecheurs de tripang a la Baie Raffles by Emile Lassalle 1813-1871 NLA.obj-136472267 - 1st published Paris 1846 - lithograph of a drawing by Le Breton
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B-8962 Pt Essington Louis Le Breton Astrolabe 1840
An engraving from the 'Atlas Picturesque', plate 118' from a drawing by Louis LeBreton, lithographed by Emile Lassalle, and printed by Lemercier, Bernard & Co. The drawing shows row boats on the shore and sailing ships in the bay. Cannons have been abandoned and can be seen among the debris on the beach. The engraving bears the inscription 'Voyage au Pole Sud et Dans L'Oceanie' and it seems likely the originally drawing was done on the return voyage of the French ship 'Astrolobe'. [These are the cannon & debris from the cyclone which drove the Pelorus aground - they are naval guns & that is a ship's water tank.]
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New Victoria in Port Essington from the Atlas pittoresque p120 Le Breton 1840

Owen Stanley & Campbell at PE
 

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Lt. J. Stokes of HMS Beagle speared in the lungs at Point Pearce while discovering the Victoria River in 1839 by Richard Bridges Beechey. NLA 134339536

Gregory Expedition - Baines

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Thomas Baines' 1856 oil on canvas depiction of the Victoria River base camp. The Tom Tough at anchor.
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Thomas Baines' 1856 oil on canvas NLA1868974 depicting a scene from the Gregory Expedition.

Escape Cliff - Fort Palmerston

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SLSA B-8960-1
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SLSA B-8961 (1) The return of the horsehide boat to Escape Cliffs
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Possibly the NT's 1st photo taken NT by Michael Stewart Guy RN in 1866

​McKinlay's Party endured a return journey to Escape Cliffs of 15 days and nights during which they braved saltwater crocodiles, sharks, flies and a diet of putrefying horsemeat across more than 100 miles of sea - at last staggering ashore at Escape Cliffs, emaciated and unrecognisable on the 5th July. Their boat promptly sank. The image below was taken by Michael Stewart Guy in 1866 - he was aboard the British survey schooner Beatrice pictured here whilst at Adelaide in 1881 AWM 302144. The images below show the abandoned site of Escape Cliffs and the first Palmerston.

Hamilton & Hake

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