Scurry Cole’s Wharf 1853 {1884} SLV [DR]

Scurry, James (1826-94; English/ Australian)
Cole’s Wharf – 1853, from south side of the Yarra 1853
Pencil on paper, with added colour, 9.9 x 49.8 cm
Presented by Scurry, 1884
State Library of Victoria (H285)  

This panoramic sketch, signed and dated, and titled on the mount, was one of several drawings of early Melbourne presented by the artist in 1884.

Refs.

AR 1884, p.36; NGV 1894, p.115 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3^rd bay, no.49); NGV 1905, p.129 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3^rd bay, no.23)