AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL (CA. 1850)BIG DROVER OF(F) MELBOURNE R. F. DAVEY MASTEROil on canvasInscribed as titled (lower edge) and signed with initials RFD (lower right)34 x 48.5cm (13¼ x 19 in.)The drover was built in Aberdeen in 1845. There are records showing it in Auckland in 1855 and Hobart in 1853. There is a Calvert Samuel engraving entitled 'Brig Drover caught in a water spout off Newcastle, published in 1875 and featured in The Illustrated Australian News on 3 November 1875. The initials RFD presumably stand for R. F. Davey. Please note measurements do not include the frame unless otherwise stated.【材质】: Oil on canvas