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Eugene von Guerard

EUGENE von GUERARD
BALLARAT FROM THE TOWER OF THE
WESTERN FIRE BRIGADE, 1870

EUGENE von GUERARD
Born Vienna 1811, Died London 1901

BALLARAT FROM THE TOWER OF THE
WESTERN FIRE BRIGADE, 1870
pencil, pen, brush and ink mounted on paper
47.8 x 96.3 cm
Gift of Mrs Martell, 1938
Collection: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

In this pen and ink work, Eugene von Guerard provides us with a view of the early township of Ballarat, from the lookout tower of the Western Fire Brigade. The Fire Brigade building was built in 1859, and today the building is home to the Ballarat City Fire Brigade.

Eugene von Guerard depicts for us the main road, which heads towards distant Mount Warrenheip. This is Sturt Street, with its tree-filled median strip. St. Andrews, without its spire, is hidden behind 'Crisp the Draper', to the centre of the work, and opposite, to the right is St. Patricks.

The work was commissioned for a wood-engraving supplement to the Ballarat Star in 1870.

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Left: Arthur Streeton - Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.