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On the Plenty near Melbourne
by PROUT, John Skinner
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: J.S. Prout, 1842. Tinted lithograph, page size approx 230 x 365 m, corners tipped to backing sheet.
Charming Victorian rural scene by a pioneering Australian lithographic artist.
John Skinner Prout was "the first itinerant painter in the colonies whose work ceases to be dominated by the requirements of topographical accuracy" (Smith, European Vision in the South Pacific). He arrived in the colony in 1841 and began lecturing at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts and sketching around Sydney He made extensive sketching tours of New South Wales, before travelling to Van Diemen's Land in January 1844 where he worked for four years before returning to England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4009196
- Title
- On the Plenty near Melbourne
- Author
- PROUT, John Skinner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.S. Prout
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1842
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About the Seller
Hordern House Rare Books
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Surry Hills, New South Wales
About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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