IMAGE
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :View of Victoria, Hong Kong from the north west. [1845]
- Date
- 1844 - 1845
- By
- Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
- Reference
- A-207-016
- Description
View from the sea, looking towards the houses of Hong Kong on the lower slopes of the hills. Junks and two European ships are in the harbour. The ship 'Eagle' is identified in a central position
Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001.
Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink 167 x 383 mm
- Additional description
On back of: A-207-015
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Pen and ink 167 x 383 mm
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