Views in Adelaide No 1-3

Adelaide: Penman & Galbraith, 1851. Print. An extraordinarily rare set of four of S. T. Gill's Adelaide views, no. 1-3, i.e.. Views in Adelaide No. 1. Hindley Street from King William St.; No. 2. Hindley Street Looking East; No. 3 Rundle Street Looking East; with a variant second copy of No. 3, which is black & white. The images are held at the Art Gallery of South Australia; the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia and some a the City of Adelaide. There are tinted lithographs, some with a tinted border, others not, and black & white lithographs as well. The street images appear to be the same in all the recorded prints, consistent with these four- there are some minor variations, which are noted. The three tinted lithographs are mounted on polished cloth. The period cloth mounting is unusual. It is not known if these were a reference set or perhaps proofs.

Views in Adelaide No. 1./ Hindley Street from King William St./ Published by Penman & Galbraith Adelaide/ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ (Signed in the stone) S T G 1851. Tinted plate with no tinted border outline. Image 17.5 x 22.5 on paper 18 x 23.5 cm. AGSA 684G11; SLNSW nmQdoR5n. SLNSW image has tan border outline, this copy does not. Mounted on cream cloth, trimmed outside the catty corners, with margins.

Views in Adelaide No. 2./ Hindley Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ (Signed in the stone) S T G (indistinct date). Tinted plate with a faint tinted border outline. Image 18 x 23.1 cm on paper 18.3 x 24 cm. AGSA 684G12; SLNSW 9PQ8kDxn; Nat Lib ID 7566602, Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3544/B. Slt. foxing on left lower margin. Mounted on saffron cloth trimmed outside the catty corners, with margins.

Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ (Signed in the stone) S T G 1851 (S inverted). Tinted plate with tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.8 on paper 18.2 x 23.4 cm. AGSA B 2430; SLNSW Yj7djR39 for 3 print set, which is colored and without border outlines. Mounted on saffron cloth, trimmed outside the catty corners, with margins.

Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ (Signed in the stone) S T G 1851 (S inverted). Black and white plate with no tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.2 on paper 20.9 x 25.8 cm. AGSA B 2430; NLA Lib ID 7566601, Nan Kivell NK3544/C. Printed on cream paper, some watermarks.

A rare set of images, by one of the master artists of this period in Australia.