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C1886
Govett’s Leap.
Artist:
Colonial engraving of Govett’s Leap, named by Governor Macquarie who when passing through the area on his way to the new settlement at Bathurst, declared ‘it having a rather wild heath-like appearance, I have named it Hounslow.‘ On his return … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Govett’s Leap.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
259mm
x 175mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Colonial engraving of Govett’s Leap, named by Governor Macquarie who when passing through the area on his way to the new settlement at Bathurst, declared ‘it having a rather wild heath-like appearance, I have named it Hounslow.‘ On his return sixteen days later he changed his mind and on 15 May 1815 he wrote in his diary ‘This place having a black wild appearance I have this day named it Black-heath.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19
Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)
Schell was an American employed as the senior artist on the most ambitious colonial publication ever attempetd, The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. He arrived in Sydney with two other American artists, W.T. Smedley and W. C. Fitler, plus a number of engravers including Horace Baker. When Phil May returned to England in 1888 Schell accompanied him. The Grafton Gallery 'Exhibition of Australian Art in London’ 1898 included F.B. Schell, cat.250, 'Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, N.S.W.’, cat.254, 'Hamilton Reach, Brisbane’, cat. 255, 'Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.’, lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery. He is represented in a number of institutional collections.
