Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W., 1860 / Eugene von Guerard
Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W., 1860 / Eugene von Guerard
Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W., 1860 / Eugene von Guerard
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Author / Creator
Date
1860
Call Numbers
ML 1398 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 177
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - image 47 x 74 cm in frame 83 x 109 cm. - oil on canvas, framed
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This painting depicts a view of the forest at Brandy and Water Creek, with Mount Kembla in the left-hand corner. In it, von Guerard has provided a pictorial documentary of the botanical species of the area, as they were at that time, as well as evoking the density and lushness of the untouched forest. Today the painting has become important histori...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W., 1860 / Eugene von Guerard
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 866916...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated at lower left
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Sotheby's Australia Pty. Ltd., May 2007
Exhibited in
- Flora
- ONE hundred : celebrating the Mitchell Library centenary
- Impact: a changing land
- Paintings from the Collection
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
State Library of New South Wales (March, 2010 - June, 2010)
State Library of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
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Call Numbers
ML 1398 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 177
Record Identifier
1xqZREkY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZREkY
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Reference code
457292
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