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Eugene von Guerard

EUGENE von GUERARD
VIEW OF LAKE ILLAWARRA WITH DISTANT
MOUNTAINS OF KIAMA, 1860

EUGENE von GUERARD
Born Vienna 1811, Died London 1901

VIEW OF LAKE ILLAWARRA WITH DISTANT
MOUNTAINS OF KIAMA, 1860
oil on canvas, 51 x 85 cm
Private Collection

This work was originally owned by Peter Manifold, of 'Purrumbete', near Camperdown, Victoria, and thence by descent to Sir Chester Manifold and Lady Manifold.

The work was worked up from sketches made on his only tour of New South Wales, which von Guerard commenced in November 1859.

A related pencil sketch in the Dixson Galleries in Sydney, is titled 'Lake Illawarra; Police Hill; Fig tree, Wollongong' 8 December 1859.

This work was offered for sale through Christie's Australia. The Dallhold Collection. July 1992, Catalogue no. 40.

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