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  1. David Coombe @[email protected] ·

    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

    coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill

    #adelaide #statelibrarynsw #southaustralia #s_t_gill #1840s #colonialartau
  2. David Coombe @[email protected] ·
    CW: 1840s artwork Frontier Wars

    Last week I got to research at #StateLibraryNSW Sydney.

    An artwork I "reidentified" is "The Avengers" by #S_T_Gill showing colonists about to fire on a group of #Aboriginal people. I date this to about 1844/1845 - a decade before his previous earliest known of this subject. #frontierWars #1840s #colonialArtAU

    Read: coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill

    #statelibrarynsw #s_t_gill #aboriginal #frontierwars #1840s #colonialartau