Guardabassi, Guerrino (1841-93; Italian) Un Vecchio Cappuccino Watercolour, c.16 x 13 cm Purchased, 1883; auctioned in 1950 (?); last recorded at auction in Melbourne and Adelaide, 2004-5 Unidentified; present location unknown This work was auctioned by Leonard Joel in Melbourne in 2004 (specifically noting the provenance as via the NGV), and then in Adelaide in
Guardabassi, Guerrino (1841-93; Italian) The Matador Watercolour, c.45.7 x 33 cm Purchased, 1883; auctioned in 1950 (?) Unidentified; present location unknown See * Guardabassi L’Elemosina {1883} Loc? [WT]. Refs. AR 1883, p.33; NGV 1894, p.49 (II.Stawell Gallery, no.37; size given as 18 x 13 inches): not listed in NGV 1905
Guardabassi, Guerrino (1841-93; Italian) L’Elemosina Watercolour, c.53.5 x 33 cm Purchased, 1883; evidently de-accessioned later; last recorded at auction in Melbourne, Dec.2009 Present location unknown [photo at right: work as auctioned in Melbourne, 2009] This is one of five watercolours by Guardabassi bought in Melbourne in 1883, together with several views of Rome by Gigli.
Glover, John (1767-1849; English/Australian) Tasmanian Landscape Watercolour, c. 17.78 x 24.13 cm Purchased, 1900 Unidentified; present location unknown This small watercolour, purchased locally for a modest sum in 1900, no longer seems to be in the NGV or SLV, and identification is difficult, in the absence of a photograph. This is the only Glover recorded
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) The Gold Fields of Victoria during 1852 & 3 comprising fifty original gold sketches of life and charactor [sic] primative [sic] operations &c &c [50 sketches] 1872 Watercolour and various other media, various sizes Purchased, 1891 State Library of Victoria (H5308 etc.) This second series of watercolours based on Gill’s 1850s gold rush
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Troopers after Bushrangers [#2] (1872) Watercolour, pencil and ink on cream paper, 17.6 x 25.8 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5263) Grishin (2015) includes a large-scale reproduction of this work. See also Gill Troopers after Bushrangers [#1] {1872} SLV [WT]. Refs. AR 1872, p.21; NGV 1894, p.112 (V.Buvelot Gallery,
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Troopers after Bushrangers [#1] (1871) Watercolour, pencil and ink on cream paper, 17.6 x 25.8 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5262) One of a pair: see also Gill Troopers after Bushrangers [#2] {1872} SLV [WT]. Here, two Aboriginal troopers are prominent in the foreground, checking for tracks. Refs. AR
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Stockmen (Noon) 1871 Watercolour, pencil, ink and gum Arabic on buff paper, 16.8 x 35.3 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5259) Pair of Gill Stockmen (Morning) 1871 {1872} SLV [WT]. Refs. AR 1872, p.21; NGV 1894, p.111 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3rd bay, no.3); not listed in NGV 1905
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Stockmen (Morning) 1871 Watercolour, pencil, ink and gum Arabic on buff paper, 16.7 x 35.6 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5260) This drawing and Gill Stockmen (Noon) 1871 {1872} SLV [WT] reprise imagery from Gill’s Australian Sketchbook of 1864. Refs. AR 1872, p.21; NGV 1894, p.112 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3rd bay, no.9);
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Portland Bay from the South (1871) Watercolour and gum Arabic/varnish on buff paper, 14.3 x 20.9 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H141719) This appears to be the work listed in NGV 1894 and 1905 as a Gill watercolour of “Portland Bay from the Heads” (noted in NGV 1905 as measuring
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Bushrangers’ Camp (c.1871) Watercolour, pencil and ink on buff paper, 19.2 x 24.3 cm (oval) Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5265) This work and Gill Bushrangers’ Camp [#1] 1871 {1872} SLV [WT] form a pair. Refs. AR 1872, p.21; NGV 1894, p.112 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3rd bay, no.11); not listed in NGV 1905
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Bushrangers’ Camp [#1] 1871 Watercolour, pencil and ink on buff paper, 19.1 x 24.0 cm (oval) Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5264) One of the Gill watercolours recorded as purchased by the joint trustees (NGV/Public Library) in 1872: see Gill Overlanders {1872} SLV [WT], etc. The present work and Gill Bushrangers’ Camp
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) The Victorian Gold Fields during 1852-3 / Comprising 40 original sketches by S.T.Gill / Drawn by desire of the Trustees of the M.P.L. 1869 Watercolours, various sizes Commissioned by the Public Library, 1869 State Library of Victoria (H86.7/1-40) [reproduced at right: title page (H86.7/1)] This album was commissioned by the Melbourne
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Near Geelong 1867 Watercolour and varnish on buff paper, 17.2 x 25.5 cm Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H5261) A bullock team is prominent in the middle ground of this work, which appears to have become badly discoloured. Refs. AR 1872, p.21; NGV 1894, p.112 (V.Buvelot Gallery, no.14); not listed in
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Overlanders (c.1860) Watercolour, 20.0 x 24.8 cm (oval) Purchased, 1872 State Library of Victoria (H1452) This sketch was bought at the same time as several other water-colours by Gill, celebrating/mythologizing the lives of Australian stockmen, bushrangers etc. (see e.g. Gill Bushrangers’ Camp [#1] 1871 {1872} SLV [WT]). Gill also made a colour
Giles, James (1801-70; Scottish) Loch Avon, Highlands of Scotland Watercolour, 44.8 x 67.6 cm Purchased 1871 National Gallery of Victoria (p.165.3-1) Giles, a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, was a portraitist and landscape-painter. This work bears out Mallalieu’s expert opinion that, while traditional, “his full water-colours show great beauty of colour and composition…” Refs.
Gilbert, John (1817-97; English) Louis XIV, transacting business with his ministers in the Apartment of Madame de Maintenon Watercolour, c.69 x 102 cm Purchased, 1881 Present location unknown [photo: as reproduced in NGV 1894] This large watercolour showed Louis XIV and his cabinet in the Versailles apartment of the king’s former mistress and second (“morganatic”)
Gigli, Roberto (1846-1922; Italian) (?) Temple of Vesta Watercolour, c.35.6 x 53.3 cm Purchased, 1883 Unidentified; present location unknown The fourth of the set of views of Rome bought for the Melbourne collection in 1883: see Gigli The Colosseum {1883} NGV [WT]. This particular work may have been similar to a somewhat larger watercolour titled
Gigli, Roberto (1846-1922; Italian) (?) Temple of Minerva Watercolour, c.53.3 x 38.1 cm Purchased, 1883; de-accessioned and sold at auction, 1950 Unidentified; present location unknown See Gigli The Colosseum {1883} NGV [WT]. Refs. AR 1883, p.33 (giving size as 21 x 15 inches); SB (noting sale at auction, Oct.1950); NGV 1894, p.49 (II.Stawell Gallery, no.36);
Gigli, Roberto (1846-1922; Italian) (?) Goldsmith’s Arch Watercolour, c.35.6 x 53.3 cm Purchased, 1883 Unidentified; present location unknown One of four Roman views bought in 1883 (see Gigli The Colosseum {1883} NGV [WT]). The Arco degli Argentari, erected in early 3rd century Rome for the Emperor Septimius Severus, was a popular subject for 19th-century artists and photographers.
Gigli, Roberto (1846-1922; Italian) (?) The Colosseum Watercolour, c.38.1 x 53.3 cm Purchased, 1883 National Gallery of Victoria (p.169.55-1) This is the only one of four watercolours by Gigli, listed under new acquisitions in the NGV’s 1883 annual report, to have remained in the collection. The NGV’s current online catalogue lists it as by Giovanni
Field, Walter (1837-1901; English) A Grey Day on the Thames 1871 Watercolour, c. 24 x 50 cm Purchased, 1872 (advice of John Herbert) Unidentified; present location unknown The artist, a watercolour specialist, studied with Herbert, who recommended this purchase. [comparative watercolour by Field: Sonning-on-Thames 1883 (auctioned in 2001)] Refs. AR 1872, p.21 (noting size as 9½ x
Fahey, Edward Henry (1844-1907; English) The Farm 1890 Watercolour on paper, c.39 x 57 cm Purchased, 1892 National Gallery of Victoria (p.434.2-1) This unassuming work was bought from the Anglo-Australian Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1892. Another watercolour by Fahey, The Dyer’s Brook, Kingswood 1888, was acquired for the Art Gallery of New South Wales in
Evans, Bernard (1843-1922; English) Sunset, Cannock Chase Watercolour, c.76.2 x 132 cm Purchased, 1883 Unidentified; present location unknown As noted in NGV 1894, two of Evans’ watercolours are in the Sydney gallery; purchased in 1887, they also show views of Cannock Chase (an area in Staffordshire, England). Other watercolours by this artist still appear on
Davies, Henry Easom (1831-68; English/Australian) The Wreck Watercolour, c.61 x 91.5 cm Purchased, 1871 Unidentified; present location unknown See also Davies (H.) View on the River Yarra {1871} SLV [WT], bought with the present work. Refs. AR 1871, p.41; NGV 1894, p.49 (II.Stawell Gallery, no.29: size given as 24 x 36 inches) [£16/16]
Davies, Henry Easom (1831-68; English/ Australian) View on the R[iver] Yarra near Richmond Watercolour on paper, 35.8 x 69.5 cm (sight) Purchased, 1871 State Library of Victoria (H26107) The artist, born in Cornwall, was in Melbourne by 1853. This work, reproduced in NGV 1894, seems to bear out an 1863 reviewer’s criticism of his watercolours as
Cook, Ebenezer Wake (1844-1926; English/Australian) Venice (Evening) 1889 Watercolour, c. 50.8 x 76.2 cm Purchased, 1892; de-accessioned 1945 Unidentified; present location unknown This work was shown at the 1892 Anglo-Australian Exhibition in Melbourne, according to NGV 1905. A note in the NGV’s stock-book indicates that it was de-accessioned and “donated to the Melb. Sailors’ Home,
Cook, Ebenezer Wake (1844-1926; English) Near Arundel 1882 Watercolour and gouache, 55.8 x 86.4 cm (image and sheet) Bequeathed by Alfred Felton, 1904 National Gallery of Victoria (150-2) This work exemplifies Ursula Hoff’s genial observation that, like many Australian collectors born in England, Felton had “an understandably nostalgic liking for English scenery” (see also Marshall A Bit
Clarke, George Row (c.1829-1908; English) View of King’s College, Cambridge 1872 Watercolour, c.38 x 61 cm Purchased, 1875 Unidentified; present location unknown The artist’s dates vary somewhat in different sources, although there is general agreement that he was active in London from c.1858-89. Several of his topographical watercolours have sold for modest prices at recent UK
Campi, Giacomo (1846-1921; Italian) Japanese Watercolour, c. 35.56 x 25.40 cm Purchased, 1876 Unidentified; present location unknown See Campi Emily {1876} Loc? [WT]; and for a comparative example, see artist entry. Refs. AR 1876, p.42; NGV 1894, p.49 (II.Stawell Gallery, no.34: size given as 14 x 10 inches); not listed in NGV 1905 [£4]