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Browsing the Royal Society of #Tasmania for Piguenit, I see this interesting pair of near identical watercolour landscapes, one of which noticeably has foreground completed. #colonialArtAU

Browsing the Royal Society of #Tasmania for Piguenit, I see this interesting pair of near identical watercolour landscapes, one of which noticeably has foreground completed. #colonialArtAU

#Tasmania Hidden Treasures Walk to the West #colonialArtAU exhibition in Queenstown 6 March – 10 April. #artAU

https://rst.org.au/search-for-the-lost-piguenits-a-valuable-artwork-could-be-hanging-on-your-wall/

#Tasmania Hidden Treasures Walk to the West #colonialArtAU exhibition in Queenstown 6 March – 10 April. #artAU

https://rst.org.au/search-for-the-lost-piguenits-a-valuable-artwork-could-be-hanging-on-your-wall/

Sasha Grishin described it as "an iconic image for the Australian gold rushes". "Diggers on way to Bendigo" was a frequent subject of S T Gill's picturing gold diggers on the road. Sometimes thought to show leaving #Melbourne for the goldfields. But it most likely represents diggers moving on from one diggings (Forest Creek, near #Castlemaine) to better prospects at another (#Bendigo). #historyAU #colonialArtAU

My new article on #S_T_Gill pictures (7) on this subject from 1852 to 1872: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Diggers_on_way.htm

Sasha Grishin described it as "an iconic image for the Australian gold rushes". "Diggers on way to Bendigo" was a frequent subject of S T Gill's picturing gold diggers on the road. Sometimes thought to show leaving #Melbourne for the goldfields. But it most likely represents diggers moving on from one diggings (Forest Creek, near #Castlemaine) to better prospects at another (#Bendigo). #historyAU #colonialArtAU

My new article on #S_T_Gill pictures (7) on this subject from 1852 to 1872: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Diggers_on_way.htm

This is one of the earliest street scenes in #Adelaide - from 1840. It's in Hindley St where the Grand Chancellor is now. (From #StateLibraryNSW collection.)

These are among the early #SouthAustralia works by #S_T_Gill. This new article accompanies the early narrative I've just added to the project. #1840s #colonialArtAU #catalogueRaisonne

https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Works_1839_to_1844.htm

This is one of the earliest street scenes in #Adelaide - from 1840. It's in Hindley St where the Grand Chancellor is now. (From #StateLibraryNSW collection.)

These are among the early #SouthAustralia works by #S_T_Gill. This new article accompanies the early narrative I've just added to the project. #1840s #colonialArtAU #catalogueRaisonne

https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Works_1839_to_1844.htm

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

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

"South Australia in 1842, by one who lived there nearly four years"

A little known booklet. This was #SouthAustralia coming out of 1841-42 depression and before the 1843 copper optimism.

In this new article I reattribute a #StateLibrarySA watercolour from Governor Gawler to John Michael Skipper. #colonialArtAU

https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/South_Australia_in_1842_Book.htm

"South Australia in 1842, by one who lived there nearly four years"

A little known booklet. This was #SouthAustralia coming out of 1841-42 depression and before the 1843 copper optimism.

In this new article I reattribute a #StateLibrarySA watercolour from Governor Gawler to John Michael Skipper. #colonialArtAU

https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/South_Australia_in_1842_Book.htm

#S_T_Gill's "Extinct Crater" pictures were actually of a non-volcanic rock formation near Lake Frome, #SouthAustralia. This new article of his several pictures of this subject shows that you can't take an artist's dated signature for granted! #colonialArtAU

https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Extinct_Crater.htm

#S_T_Gill's "Extinct Crater" pictures were actually of a non-volcanic rock formation near Lake Frome, #SouthAustralia. This new article of his several pictures of this subject shows that you can't take an artist's dated signature for granted! #colonialArtAU

https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Extinct_Crater.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

“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

“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

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

Finally releasing this research into the wild. Years ago I was deep into horse racing results from 1839 to 1845 using #TroveAU and it paid off. No back to the future wins 👀 but recovering forgotten historical context for a watercolour of the Adelaide Races by John Michael Skipper.

I identify this picture as a race for "gentlemen riders" on New Year's Day 1839 featuring a uniformed Captain Charles Berkeley. (This is a side outcome of the #S_T_Gill project.)

#Adelaide #historyAU #colonialArtAU #sportsHistory #horseRacing
New Article: https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/New_Year_Races_by_Skipper.htm

Finally releasing this research into the wild. Years ago I was deep into horse racing results from 1839 to 1845 using #TroveAU and it paid off. No back to the future wins 👀 but recovering forgotten historical context for a watercolour of the Adelaide Races by John Michael Skipper.

I identify this picture as a race for "gentlemen riders" on New Year's Day 1839 featuring a uniformed Captain Charles Berkeley. (This is a side outcome of the #S_T_Gill project.)

#Adelaide #historyAU #colonialArtAU #sportsHistory #horseRacing
New Article: https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/New_Year_Races_by_Skipper.htm

Welcome to my project on arguably Australia's most recognisable colonial artist, Samuel Thomas Gill. It's a blend of #catalogueRaisonné, biography, historical narrative and map atlas. The scope is from Gill's arrival in #SouthAustralia in 1839 up to his early time at the Victorian gold diggings in 1852-53.

Project update: Six articles on the diggings are now complete except for pending visits to Sydney and Adelaide to check on some undigitised sources. Good progress on at least two articles for 1839-1844 gap.

Later this year I'll write some more reflective material and some of particular interest post 1853.

You can follow the hashtag #S_T_Gill for updates - you don't need to follow me.

#historyAU #1840s #1850s #VictoriaAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping #catalogueRaisonne #biography
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill

Welcome to my project on arguably Australia's most recognisable colonial artist, Samuel Thomas Gill. It's a blend of #catalogueRaisonné, biography, historical narrative and map atlas. The scope is from Gill's arrival in #SouthAustralia in 1839 up to his early time at the Victorian gold diggings in 1852-53.

Project update: Six articles on the diggings are now complete except for pending visits to Sydney and Adelaide to check on some undigitised sources. Good progress on at least two articles for 1839-1844 gap.

Later this year I'll write some more reflective material and some of particular interest post 1853.

You can follow the hashtag #S_T_Gill for updates - you don't need to follow me.

#historyAU #1840s #1850s #VictoriaAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping #catalogueRaisonne #biography
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill

I made good progress today fine-tuning the back end narrative in the #S_T_Gill project. It concludes with this magnificent colour print of the Victorian diggings as painted in July 1852 and published as a print in March 1853. #colonialArtAU

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135629862/view

I made good progress today fine-tuning the back end narrative in the #S_T_Gill project. It concludes with this magnificent colour print of the Victorian diggings as painted in July 1852 and published as a print in March 1853. #colonialArtAU

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135629862/view

“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

“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