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Settler Cottage [B 55573] • Artwork

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Summary

'Settler Cottage', a watercolour by Harry Pelling Gill.

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Physical description

Artwork (watercolour); 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm (image), 34.5 cm x 44.5 cm x 2.5 cm (frame)

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Artist

Gill, Harry P

Collection

Part of Artwork Collection

Subject

Watercolor painting -- Technique -- South Australia
Cottages -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Signed by the artist, bottom left corner 'H.P. Gill'.

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

16/07/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,201 x 2,344 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.54 MB

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