Artists statement
Born: Morges, Vaud, Switzerland 1814; Lived and worked: Brazil 1835-1852; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1865; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Historical information
Colonial
Physical description
Rural landscape with two animals beside a track leading towards buildings and outbuildings surrounded by trees with hills in distance. Timber frame.
Inscriptions & markings
Recto: Signed "Louis Buvelot" in grey pencil in l.l.c of composition; Titled and dated 'Melbourne Kew 1869' in grey pencil in lower centre of composition