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The artist's many signatures.
Applying fresh analysis to a 40-year-old 4-page appendix. New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Signatures_and_Dating.htm
#S_T_Gill #catalogueRaisonne #artHistoryAU

New find: it appears George French Angas trimmed the left edges of two paintings to remove S T Gill's signature for his 1846 London exhibition. Paintings considered to be Angas's best, evidence shows, are actually by Gill. In this new overview I examine Gill's work for and relationship with Angas, 1844 to 1852. Gill as ghost artist. Much praise bestowed on Angas has rightly belonged to #S_T_Gill. #colonialArt #historyAU #artHistoryAU #ozGLAM #catalogueRaisonne

My new article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_artist_for_George_French_Angas.htm

I did say my #S_T_Gill project would "further rock the art history boat, not by intent, but because that's where the evidence takes us". So here's the extra rock ...

Big claims need big evidence. My new article adds to the pile, showing despite his claim to his London publisher, George French Angas likely didn't go to the Victorian diggings in 1852 at all.

Pivotal to this story is Charles Lord for whom Angas had great affection. A quick trip to Melbourne by the pair landed Angas in the middle of gold rush lithography.

NARRATIVE, ANALYSIS & CATALOGUE. (Not light reading. Analysis only made possible by digitised newspapers.) #historyAU #artHistoryAU #TroveAU #ozGLAM

My new article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/George_French_Angas_Victorian_Diggings_1852.htm

Anachronisms are often the downfall for a fake painting.

This week I came across evidence that the object pictured in an "1845" painting was only made in 1854. #S_T_Gill #Adelaide #artHistoryAU

New paragraph for article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Scott_Fakes_and_Adelaide_Signatures.htm#1936SkipperSignboard

Analysis reveals two long-accepted colonial art works as clever fakes.

Several "Gill" watercolours surfaced in the 1890s with connections to amateur artist Margaret Scott and daughter journalist Winnifred "Magpie" Scott. Two were fake: Adelaide Racecourse and Dry Creek hunt.
#S_T_Gill #Adelaide #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU

My new article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Scott_Fakes_and_Adelaide_Signatures.htm

And now my modern project returns to the quote that's stuck in my head for the last 9 years. With a new article! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill #Barossa #SouthAustralia #Angas

S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844

S. T. Gill was in the #Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".

New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_at_Angas'_Barossa_1844.htm 3/3

And now my modern project returns to the quote that's stuck in my head for the last 9 years. With a new article! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill #Barossa #SouthAustralia #Angas

S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844

S. T. Gill was in the #Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".

New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_at_Angas'_Barossa_1844.htm 3/3

And now my modern project returns to the quote that's stuck in my head for the last 9 years. With a new article! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill #Barossa #SouthAustralia #Angas

S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844

S. T. Gill was in the #Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".

New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_at_Angas'_Barossa_1844.htm 3/3

And now my modern project returns to the quote that's stuck in my head for the last 9 years. With a new article! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill #Barossa #SouthAustralia #Angas

S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844

S. T. Gill was in the #Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".

New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_at_Angas'_Barossa_1844.htm 3/3

And now my modern project returns to the quote that's stuck in my head for the last 9 years. With a new article! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill #Barossa #SouthAustralia #Angas

S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844

S. T. Gill was in the #Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".

New article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_at_Angas'_Barossa_1844.htm 3/3

“Out with Mr. Gill the artist who has come from town to take some sketches...”

This was the hook for my project - the hurdle that the "Convict Gill" theory couldn't jump. A historical controversy in the newspapers 9 years ago! #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill

From my naive self 9 years ago: https://coombe.id.au/stg/01_controversy.htm 2/3

A historical controversy grabbed my attention 9 years ago. #historyAU #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #S_T_Gill

May be free or paywall: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/academic-claims-artist-st-gill-was-a-convict-20160704-gpy9ko.html

At first I was attracted to the convict Gill theory. But soon found a hurdle in the said timeline... 1/3

In the 1980s Ralph Grandison was mapping #S_T_Gill's artworks in #SouthAustralia. I recently viewed in the State Library his 1991 paper on Gill's 1844 #Barossa works. Interestingly he's included many of "The Seasons and The Months" - see image snippet. Clearly he didn't accept Appleyard & Radford's 1986 redating of these from 1847 to 1840-42. #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping

Over the next few months, I'll need to supplement my earlier work with Grandison's insights at: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm

In the 1980s Ralph Grandison was mapping #S_T_Gill's artworks in #SouthAustralia. I recently viewed in the State Library his 1991 paper on Gill's 1844 #Barossa works. Interestingly he's included many of "The Seasons and The Months" - see image snippet. Clearly he didn't accept Appleyard & Radford's 1986 redating of these from 1847 to 1840-42. #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping

Over the next few months, I'll need to supplement my earlier work with Grandison's insights at: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm

In the 1980s Ralph Grandison was mapping #S_T_Gill's artworks in #SouthAustralia. I recently viewed in the State Library his 1991 paper on Gill's 1844 #Barossa works. Interestingly he's included many of "The Seasons and The Months" - see image snippet. Clearly he didn't accept Appleyard & Radford's 1986 redating of these from 1847 to 1840-42. #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping

Over the next few months, I'll need to supplement my earlier work with Grandison's insights at: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm

In the 1980s Ralph Grandison was mapping #S_T_Gill's artworks in #SouthAustralia. I recently viewed in the State Library his 1991 paper on Gill's 1844 #Barossa works. Interestingly he's included many of "The Seasons and The Months" - see image snippet. Clearly he didn't accept Appleyard & Radford's 1986 redating of these from 1847 to 1840-42. #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping

Over the next few months, I'll need to supplement my earlier work with Grandison's insights at: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm

In the 1980s Ralph Grandison was mapping #S_T_Gill's artworks in #SouthAustralia. I recently viewed in the State Library his 1991 paper on Gill's 1844 #Barossa works. Interestingly he's included many of "The Seasons and The Months" - see image snippet. Clearly he didn't accept Appleyard & Radford's 1986 redating of these from 1847 to 1840-42. #artHistoryAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping

Over the next few months, I'll need to supplement my earlier work with Grandison's insights at: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm

“Double Nation: A History of Australian Art” (2023) by Ian McLean #LibrariesACT

This was a serendipitous find on display at my local library. I have an interest in #colonialArtAU and this book gave me a much broader insight. (Don’t let the academese of the Introduction put you off as the rest of the book is very accessible.)

It is a sequel to the author’s “Rattling Spears: A History of Indigenous Australian Art” (2016).

#AustralianArt #artHistoryAU #artHistory