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Eugene von Guerard

EUGENE von GUERARD
PORT PHILLIP BAY, 1857

EUGENE von GUERARD
Born Vienna 1811, Died London 1901

PORT PHILLIP BAY, 1857
oil on paper on board
23.5 x 34.5 cm
Private Collection

A pencil drawing by Eugene von Guerard in the Petherick collection, National Library of Australia, related to this scene, is titled 'Mount Macedon from a point between St. Kilda and Brighton'. The work is inscribed 'Melbourne', lower centre of canvas.

It was one of a number of seascape works depicting Port Phillip Bay that were produced by Eugene von Guerard soon after his return from the Ballarat goldfields in April 1854.

This work was offered for sale through Sotheby's. Fine Australian Paintings. November 1990, Catalogue no. 223.

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