Description
SECONDHAND BOOK
Limited edition run of 200 numbered copies – this is copy #159.
Hardback in matching slipcase.
The artist was a sketcher, carpenter and gold digger, was born in Switzerland. According to shipping lists (cited Christie’s), he had been living in Canada as a carpenter and a British subject before coming to Victoria, aged 20, aboard the clipper ship Magnolia (Captain B.W. Tucker). It departed from New York on 27 July 1852 and arrived at Port Phillip on 24 November 1852. His sketchbook (sold Christie’s Australia in August 1996, lot 13) includes detailed views of Eureka and the rebellion, which for the first time unequivocally locate the site of the stockade. He also gives views of the Ballarat diggings and the Chinese diggers there.
Specifications:
Condition: Very good, minor wear to slipcase
Publisher: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Association & the Ferry Foundation
Year: 1997
Format: Cloth hardback with slipcase
Pages:
ISBN: 0949063118
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