The bold and romantic headland which bears this title forms one of the most picturesque "bits" of scenery on the Victorian coast. The rocks have been worn into the most grotesque and fantastic shapes by the action of the waves, which rush in, with a majestic sweep, from the Southern Ocean ... the artist has indicated the entrance of Port Phillip by the position of the steamer faintly visible in the offing.
Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes, 1866-68
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Eugene von GUÉRARD
born Austria 1811
died Great Britain 1901
The Castle Rock, Cape Schanck
Plate 5 in Eugene von Guérard's
Australian Landscapes 1866-68
colour lithograph
49.6 x 66.7 x 3.0 cm (album, closed)
Purchased, 1959 134.1-24-5
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