The Australian Twin Steamer "Bunyip" c. 1860

Measures 13” x 17” including frame.

Oil on artist board, 19th century. No signature found, but done by a talented hand with a beautiful luminous quality. Label on reverse The Australian Twin Steamer 'Bunyip', 1860. The bunyip is a creature from the aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. This steam ship perished in a fire in 1863.