C1874

The Basin Bank, Victoria.

Artist:

Nicholas Chevalier (1828 - 1902)

$A 75

Fine colonial engraved view of The Basin Bank, Melbourne Victoria. The Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller named the area The Basin about 1860 during a visit to the Dandenong Ranges because it is located in a “basin” surrounded by hills. … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Basin Bank, Victoria.

Date:

C1874

Artist:

Nicholas Chevalier (1828 - 1902)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

175mm

x 125mm

Paper Size:

275mm

x 200mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1874

Description:

Fine colonial engraved view of The Basin Bank, Melbourne Victoria.

The Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller named the area The Basin about 1860 during a visit to the Dandenong Ranges because it is located in a “basin” surrounded by hills.

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
Queensland Art Gallery: Accession No. 2:1216A.017
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 919.4 B643AU
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers:Q980.1/46D1
State Library South Australia: 919.4 B755 b
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.

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