View of Geelong

View of Geelong is an 1856 oil painting on canvas by Eugene von Guerard.

The painting measures 154.5 x 89 cm and is owned by the Geelong Art Gallery in Victoria, Australia.

The purchase is the second highest ever for an Australian work of art, with the top being $5.3M paid by the National Gallery of Australia for a portrait of Captain James Cook by John Webber.

[3] In 2005, Lloyd Webber offered the painting for sale via auction house Christie's of London, giving the Geelong Gallery first right of refusal.

On 7 July 2006 the Geelong Gallery purchased the painting for permanent display in the Geelong Gallery, after being offered $1.5 million from the Victorian state government and the remainder being sought via a community fundraising appeal.