1841

June 17, 2022

In 1841, Captain Louttit sheltered in the bay during a storm; it was marked on his chart and became known as Louttit Bay.

Painting is by Elizabeth Parsons, dated 1879. Elizabeth Parsons visited Lorne over the Christmas, New Year period of 1879-80, and there produced a number of oils and watercolours, depicting Lorne and Loutit Bay. Among the works she produced were a watercolour of ‘Lorne Jetty’, painted in 1879, and another watercolour ‘View Across Loutit Bay’, painted in 1880 which depicts very much the same view as her oil ‘Loutit Bay’, painted in 1879 and reproduced here.

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