Photograph

Scope and Content

Carte de visite-size photograph of H. W. Wheelwright [Horace William (Horatio) Wheelwright (1815-65), Australian hunter, naturalist and writer], full-length, middle-aged subject dressed in hunting/farming clothes, carrying a rifle and accompanied by a large black spaniel. Below the photo is an inscription: ‘HW Wheelwright, "The Old Bushman", Born 5th Jan 1815, Died 16th Nov, 1865.’