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Brompton Brickworks [B 46937] • Artwork

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Summary

An original watercolour by H.P. Gill, believed to be of Brompton Brickworks pit.

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Physical description

Artwork (watercolour); 12.9 cm x 22.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1912

Artist

Gill, Harry P

Collection

Part of Brompton Collection

Subject

Brickworks -- South Australia -- Brompton

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Harry Pelling Gill was born at Brighton in England, 9 March 1855. Gill was a painter, printmaker, etching artist, teacher, craft practitioner. Gill became the Principal and Examiner of the Adelaide School of Art (1881-1814), Director of Technical Art and Curator of the Art Gallery (1892-1909), President of the South Australian Society of Arts. He worked with many South Australian artists, including Helen Hambidge. Harry Gill died tragically at sea, between Marseilles and Gibraltar, en route to England, 27 May 1916. ['Advertiser, 31 May 1916, p. 9, col. a', 'Register, 31 May 1916, p. 7, col. b'].

Digitisation information

Date

13/07/1996

Format

image/jpeg

Resolution

752 x 560 pixels (0.4 MP)

Size

66.90 K

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