Grose Valley — Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies

Notes: title from album page written below photo. A man stands on a bush track below towering cliffs somewhere in the Grose Valley, a breeze ruffles the trees. Above him may be Du Faur Head and opposite in the distance the rounded summit of Mt Banks. Format: albumen photo print, 11 ¼” x 9 ¼” (285 mm x 237 mm) Date Range: c.1880 Location: during this period the head of the Grose Valley was entered at the western end via the Engineers Track from the Hartley Vale siding on the Darling Causeway, then via Ecclestone Du Faur's bridal track to his artists' camps, about seven miles (11 km) down to the Grose River. A second artist’s camp was established about eight kilometres further down the Grose at its confluence with Govett’s Leap Creek, below Mount King George [Mount Banks], about which Du Faur wrote in a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in October 1875: “It may be mentioned that at the time of my leaving the camp on Monday last, Mr Piguenit had secured about 15 subjects. Sketching them in water colours, he intends reproducing them in oils. He and Mr Bischoff, the landscape photographer, will probably remain in the valley for another ten days and quit it with regret.” Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons. Repository: Blue Mountains City Library <a href="https://bmcc.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/default/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">bmcc.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/default/</a> Part of: Local Studies Collection, The J B North Album Provenance: purchased Links: