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image: Conservation record photograph: the unfaded blue pigment in the margin area is visible on the left edge. William Westall 'Cape Wilberforce' 1802 watercolour, pencil and gum arabic on paper Collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Conservation record photograph: the unfaded blue pigment in the margin area is visible on the left edge.

William Westall
born England 1781 died England 1850
Australia 1801–05 on Flinders expedition; Japan, China, India after 1805

Cape Wilberforce 1802
watercolour, pencil  and gum arabic on paper
17.8 x 26.2cm image
17.8 x 26.2cm sheet

Collection of the National Gallery of Australia