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446912
  • Title
    Item 08: Residence of G[eorge] A[ugustus] Robinson on Yarra, c.1847 / [attributed to G.A. Gilbert]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    ML 330
    Status: on display - Paintings from the collection, Room 2, North Wall, no. 147
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1847
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    446912
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 painting - image 48 x 59 cm. in frame 68 x 78 cm. - oil on canvas, gilt framed
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Unsigned. However attributed to Gilbert as he is recorded in Robinson's journal in April 1847 as having visited and sketched Robinson and the house. On 22 April 1847 Robinson notes ""Mr Gilbert taking front view of my house."" On 11 June 1847 Robinson notes ""Paid Gilbert £12 for two pictures.""
    Robinson's house, sometimes called Terneet, was built on the south Bank of the Yarra, at the bottom of Chapel Street. The house was also known as Claremont, Rivoila and Tivoli: R Ian D. Clark & Laura Kostanski, ""An Indigenous History of Stonnington"", University of Ballarat, 2006.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 874400
  • Date note

    Robinson records commissioning two paintings from Gilbert in April 1847 in his journals: see "The Journals of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate vol. Five", edited by Ian D Clark.
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