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C1874
Mount Araphilas, Victoria. sic (Mount Arapiles)
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Finely engraved c.19th hand coloured view of Mount Arapiles, Victoria. The first recorded ascent of Arapiles was on 23 July 1836, by the European explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell. He named the landmark after the Arapiles hills near Salamanca, Spain, where … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mount Araphilas, Victoria. sic (Mount Arapiles)
Date:
C1874
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
185mm
x 125mm
Paper Size:
274mm
x 204mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
Finely engraved c.19th hand coloured view of Mount Arapiles, Victoria.
The first recorded ascent of Arapiles was on 23 July 1836, by the European explorer, Major Thomas Mitchell. He named the landmark after the Arapiles hills near Salamanca, Spain, where the Battle of Salamanca took place, in which Mitchell had seen action. An extract from Mitchell’s diary on 22 July reads: “This certainly was a remarkable portion of the earth’s surface, and rather resembled that of the moon as seen through a telescope.” There is a plaque commemorating his contributions to Arapiles on the aptly named “Plaque Rock”.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 7280.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 7337226 Library of Congress Washington D.C.: 43021238
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 919.4 B643AU
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers:Q980.1/46D1
State Library South Australia: 919.4 B755b
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 994
Nicholas Chevalier (1828 - 1902)
Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) Chevalier was born in St Petersburg, Russia. He studied painting in Switzerland, moving to London in 1851 achieving some success in painting and lithography. He arrived at Melbourne in 1855, visited the goldfields, attended to his father's business and planned his return to Europe but the newly-established Melbourne Punch and later, the Illustrated Australian News found his talents invaluable and he decided to stay. He was very popular as artist for Melbourne Punch and in establishing himself in Melbourne colonial society as a painter and lithographer. After exploring and painting in many parts of Victoria, Chevalier visited New Zealand where he travelled widely, painting landscapes that reminded him of his ancestral home. From 1882 he was London adviser to the National Gallery of New South Wales. He died in London on 15 March 1902.
