 He intended to walk the remaining distance to the site where Louis Buvelot painted his 1866 work "Summer afternoon near Templestowe", which Streeton considered "the first fine landscape painted in Victoria".On the return journey to Heidelberg, wet canvas in hand, Streeton met Charles Davies, brother-in-law of friend and fellow "plein air" painter David Davies.Charles gave him "artistic possession" of an abandoned homestead atop the summit of Mount Eagle estate, offering spectacular views across the Yarra Valley to the Dandenongs.