Collection 04: A View near Grose Head, New South Wales, 1809 / watercolour by George William Evans

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Collection 04: A View near Grose Head, New South Wales, 1809 / watercolour by George William Evans

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Collection 04: A View near Grose Head, New South Wales, 1809 / watercolour by George William Evans

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Full title

Collection 04: A View near Grose Head, New South Wales, 1809 / watercolour by George William Evans

Author / Creator

Evans, George William, 1780-1852

Date

1809

Call Numbers

SV/143

Record Identifier

n88ELyzn

Reference Code

457813

Formats

Pictures and Drawings

Physical Description

Contents

Drawings - 27.6 x 37 cm. - 1 watercolour

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Sub-fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Issue Copy

Digitised

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Probably depicts the Grose River situated near the base of Grose Head, at the first significant set of boulders near the junction of the river with Burralow Creek. If so, the eminence in the middle of the watercolour is Paterson Hill.
An early interpretation of a wild colonial landscape as a work of art, it is perhaps the earliest surviving dep...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Collection 04: A View near Grose Head, New South Wales, 1809 / watercolour by George William Evans

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Evans, George William, 1780-1852

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 861637...

Signature / Inscriptions

Unsigned
"A View near Grose Head / New South Wales 1809. / by G.W. Evans" -- in ink in a contemporary hand on the reverse
"Near Grose Head New South Wales / 1809" -- in ink on the backing paper
"George William Evans (1775-1852)" -- in blue biro on the backing paper

Object History

This watercolour was offered in Sotheby's [London] Catalogue of Sporting Prints, Views and other coloured prints, 16 July 1963, Lot 126. It was part of seven lots, ‘the property of Mrs H.D. Banning’ a descendant of Mrs Elizabeth Paterson (1760?-1839), wife of soldier, explorer and lieutenant-governor, William Paterson (1755-1810).
Australian art...