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C1874
Ovens River, Victoria.
Artist:
Finely engraved colonial view of the Ovens River, Victoria by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902).
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Full Title:
Ovens River, Victoria.
Date:
C1874
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
183mm
x 120mm
Paper Size:
266mm
x 208mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
Finely engraved colonial view of the Ovens River, Victoria by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902).
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1862007
State Library Victoria: Accession no: H3574
Gippsland Art Gallery: Identifier 11
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1862007
State Library Victoria: Accession no: H3574
Gippsland Art Gallery: Identifier 11
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.
