Landor's watercolours of Australia, 1891 / Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- Bib ID:
- 8559781
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Landor, A. Henry Savage (Arnold Henry Savage), 1865-1924, artist
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Drawer 93 #PIC/20966/1-27 copy
- Description:
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- 1891
- 27 paintings : watercolours ; 14 x 22.8 cm, or smaller
- Summary:
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The collection documents buildings, bridges, harbours and boats stationed around Cape York in Queensland, Darwin, Northern Territory and Hobart, Tasmania in 1891.
Lador nearly circumnavigated the continent, as views include Port Darwin, Brisbane, Townsville and Castle Hill, the harbour of Hobart and several landscapes still to be identified. En route in Australia he painted the landscape, mainly near anchorages, in bays in mountainous areas or near small towns. A number of watercolours include images of ships.--Information from accompanying documentation.
- Biography/History:
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Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865-1924), was an English painter, explorer, writer and anthropologist, famous for writing books on his travels to exotic locations such as Japan, China, Tibet, India, Russia, the United States of America and the African continent. During his recordsed visit to Australia in 1891, Landor painted a portrait of the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes, as well as a portrait of the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. While this voyage never turned into a book, Landor visited and painted many locations around Australia. This suite of unpublished watercolours documents his partial circumnavigation of Australia, including scenes in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Tasmania.--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on acquisitions documentation.
- Includes Biblipathos catalogue Exploring the World : A collection of Rare Books on Travel and Exploration with captiion list.
- "A collection of 27 unrecorded refined watercolours realized by Arnold Landor for an unpublished volume on Australia."--From accompanying appendix.
- PIC Drawer 93 #PIC/20966/1-27 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2932758692
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Bibliopathos Auctions, 2021.
- Subject:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1924
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1891
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