The Illawarra was an iron, full-rigged ship built in Glasgow, Scotland, by Dobie & Co. It was launched in 1881 from London and used primarily for the Australian passenger route. The ship was eventually abandoned at sea in 1912, when a load of coal shifted and caught fire. Her crew was saved by a passing British steam ship.

PROVENANCE
R. S. H. Trust, Pasadena, California
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2008
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida