Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855
Date
1855
By
Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901
Reference
E-339-f
Description

Landscapes, most with notes in German.

Includes: Adelaide, 30th July 1855; [River and tree scene from a slight elevation] 18 July 1855; Lindach Valley 13 July 1855, Barossa Ranges [von?] Hoffnungsfal[?]; Anzicht [...] Adelaide von .... 27 July [18]55; Buildings of Adelaide .. 1867 corrected by Wm Rawland[?]; First creek, sceond waterfall ... 28 July [18]55; [Waterfall] 26 July 1855; First creek, 29 July 1855; Janunda Creek, 14 July 1855; Murry Moorunde, 18 July 1855; Murry, 17 July [18]55; Murray 18 July 1855; [Im?] Truro, 16 July 1855 [Farmhouses on rolling country]; [Unusual tufted trees] First Creek waterfall, Mount Lofty, 28 July 1855.

Binding: half red morocco, mottled red buckram, gold tooling; leather label on front cover with title, marbled endpapers. 'Bound by Wallis' printed on inside front page, top left

Inscriptions: On title page in pencil, probably in the artist's hand: Catalogue III, IV. Sud Australien. No. 4 Murray. No. 13-30 July 1855. 14 [crossed out] 13 [substituted] L [leaves?]. [List of 5 Australian placenames, numbered 1-5] Total 12

Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).

Physical Description: 13 pencil and 1 ink and wash in album 340 x 640 mm 1/2 red morocco, red buckram

Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Additional description

Alternative form available: Negatives 152439 to 152441 1/2 are of the title page and front and back covers of the volume

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1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Ink drawings, 13 pencil and 1 ink and wash in album 340 x 640 mm 1/2 red morocco, red buckram
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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Sud Australien. South Australia ... July 1855

Date: July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-tp

Description: Title page for a group of drawings of South Australia, with notes about the identity and dates of several works. Inscriptions: On title page in pencil in the artist's hand: Catalogue III, IV. Sud Australien. No. 4 Murray. No. 13-30 July 1855. Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Pencilled inscription, page size 340 x 640 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: First Creek, 2te Wasserfall 25-30 F[uss]e hoch. Samstag ...

Date: 28 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-006

Description: View in dense eucalyptus forest with a waterfall amongst rocky outcrops. Other Titles - 2nd waterfall, 25-30 feet high. Saturday Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 282 x 449 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Adelaide, 30th July 1855. Torrens. Parkland.

Date: 30 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-001

Description: View from a low rise looking across the Torrens River towards the houses, businesses and industrial buildings of Adelaide, with a range of hills beyond. Title and date in the hand of the artist. Also other notes along the base of the drawing. They are in a mixture of English and German, some identifying features, some colour notes, including “Sand” and “Schlamm” [mud]. From left, the River Torrens is identified, then two less legible words, one possibly 'Scottish Kirche' [Scottish Church], the other possibly 'Governor' (Governor's residence - below a building flying a flag), then 'Leg[islative] Council', 'Eisenbahn' [railway], and 'Park'. The gaol, in the centre of the view includes the words 'gelb mit [...] Zinnen' [yellow with ... battlements]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 222 x 570 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Murry [Murray] 17 July [18]55.

Date: 17 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-011

Description: View along a broad reach of the Murray River, with cliffs on the bank to the left. Other Titles - Murray River Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date in the hand of the artist. Also several other illegible words Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 238 x 287 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Bei Truro 16 July 1855. Abends 5h. gegen osten

Date: 16 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-013

Description: View across farmland with a cottage and another building in the foreground, low hills in the distance Other Titles - By Truro, evening 5 p.m. looking east Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 221 x 288 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Dienstag d. 10 Donnerstag d. 26tn. July 1855.

Date: 10-26 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-007

Description: View in bush with a tall waterfall cascading down a steep rocky cliff (Waterfall Gully in South Australia). Notes at top mention sonnig, wolkig [sunny, cloudy]. Those at the side mention casuarinas [she-oaks]. Other Titles - Tuesday 10th, Thursday 26th. Waterfall 26 July Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 315 x 245 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: First Creek Wasserfall. Mount Lofty. Sonntag 28 July 1855

Date: 28 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-014

Description: Grass trees growing from rocky clefts. The composite painting ‘Scenery in the Mount Lofty Ranges, near Adelaide, and a View of the Gulf of St Vincent, South Australia, c. 1862’ is partly based on this drawing. Other Titles - Waterfall, Sunday Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in the hand of the artist. Bottom left, date; also colour notes in German Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 285 x 210 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Sud Aust. Tanunda Creek. 14 July 1855.

Date: 14 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-009

Description: View in dense forest with a waterfall amongst rocky outcrops. Two Aborigine men are standing atop a group of rocks above the waterfall, with a third standing in the bush on the other side of the stream. Other Titles - South Australia Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the hand of the artist.; Recto - bottom left - Granit mit weißem u[nd] grün[em] Moos. [Translation: Granite with white and green moss] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash on paper, 221 x 287 mm.

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Murry [Murray] 18 July 1855.

Date: 18 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-012

Description: View along a broad reach of the Murray River, with from cliffs on the bank to the right. There is rain falling in the distance Other Titles - Murray River Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 223 x 283 mm

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Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: Ansicht gegen Adelaide von den Vorgebirgen des Mount Lof...

Date: 27 July 1855

From: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901: South Australia. 1855

By: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901

Reference: E-339-f-004

Description: View from a low rise looking across the plain towards the sea with the buildings of Adelaide in the far distance. A grass tree frames the view on the left. The composite painting ‘Scenery in the Mount Lofty Ranges, near Adelaide, and a View of the Gulf of St Vincent, South Australia, c. 1862’ is partly based on this drawing. Other Titles - View towards Adelaide from the neighbourhood of Mount Lofty. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the hand of the artist. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 225 x 577 mm