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View of Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento Back Beach
Eli Bennettca. 1880
State Library Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
In this early painting of the Mornington Peninsula township of Sorrento, viewed from the back beach, Ocean Beach Road is visible as it winds across to the bay. The large building on the left is the Hotel Sorrento, built in 1871, with the Hotel Continental to the right, built in 1875. Arthur's Seat and Mount Martha are on the right, and there are a number of sailing ships and a steam ferry visible.
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- Title: View of Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento Back Beach
- Creator: Eli Bennett
- Date: ca. 1880
- Location: Sorrento, Victoria
- Provenance: Gift of Margaret and Ian Rutherford, 2007.
- Rights: This work is out of copyright. No copyright restrictions apply.
- lithograph: Painting
- View more information about this image in the State Library Victoria catalogue: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:SLV_VOYAGER1801900
- View a full-size version of this image: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/261348
- Physical dimensions: In frame 43.3 x 61.1 cm.
- Medium: Oil
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