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C1906
Melbourne 1906
Artist:
This photogravure is after a 1905 oil painting by Laurence William Wilson held in the State Library of Victoria (PCLT 113). The view is from an elevated site in the Queen Victoria Gardens. It shows the Princes Bridge, St Kilda … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Melbourne 1906
Date:
C1906
Artist:
Condition:
Three repaired cracks in the paper surface; top left and either side of the title, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Photogravure
Image Size:
901mm
x 276mm
Paper Size:
1080mm
x 485mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1906
Description:
This photogravure is after a 1905 oil painting by Laurence William Wilson held in the State Library of Victoria (PCLT 113).
The view is from an elevated site in the Queen Victoria Gardens. It shows the Princes Bridge, St Kilda Road and Batman Avenue, the Victorian Confectionery Works on the south-west bank, boat shed along the south-east bank, trams, wagons, and people strolling on the banks of the Yarra River. Ref: SLV.
The Alexander Turnbull Library (National Library of NZ) lists the following information about Wilson: “Dunedin artist, who was trained in England, his place of birth…He came to New Zealand by 1877, when he was recorded in Auckland; in Oamaru by 1878; may have bought a farm in Canterbury; in Dunedin by 1884. He painted in oils and watercolours and taught art in Dunedin. In 1904, left Dunedin for Melbourne and eventually returned to England.”
Laurence Wilson emigrated to New Zealand from England in the late 1870s. He travelled to Melbourne in 1904 to undertake this commissioned painting. The person commissioning the work is not known. Wilson later returned to England via India and Africa.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 212108
State Library Victoria: PCLTEFBOX WILSON
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 212108
State Library Victoria: PCLTEFBOX WILSON
