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| Keywords: King George's Sound, View from Peak Head.jpg King George's Sound View from Peak Head a 15 7 x 27cm pencil-and-wash 1801 field sketch by William Westall It depicts King George Sound on the south coast of Western Australia Specifically it is a view looking north-north-west from Peak Head across Torndirrup and Vancouver Peninsula towards the mainland The shrubs in the foreground are probably Anthocercis viscosa left and Banksia verticillata centre This field sketch was the basis for Westall's 1809 “1812 oil-on-canvas painting Part of King George III Sound on the South Coast of New Holland December 1801 which was later engraved as View from the south side of King George's Sound http //nla gov au/nla pic-an4561301 1801 William Westall PD-old-100 <gallery> File King George's Sound view from Peak Head schematic svg Schematic diagram of the field sketch identifying geographic features File Part of King George III Sound on the South Coast of New Holland December 1801 jpg Part of King George III Sound on the South Coast of New Holland December 1801 the oil-on-canvas painting based on this field sketch File View from the south side of King George's Sound jpg The engraving View from the south side of King George's Sound </gallery> William Westall King George Sound Banksia verticillata Anthocercis viscosa | ||||
