Lot 36

Francis Edwards Ltd, London, 1928
Maggs Brothers, London, from whom acquired by the following (according to Terence Lane's research)
Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne 1968
Private collection
Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne 1980
The Collection of Terence Lane, Melbourne
Thence by descent

Australasia, Old and New, Francis Edwards Ltd., London, 1928, cat. no. 614
Australian Paintings, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 1968, cat. no. 12, (as "artist unknown")
Views of Melbourne and Geelong, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 26 February – 7 March, 1980, cat. no. 12, (as "Eugene von Guérard")
Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 April – 7 August 2011 (label verso)

Bruce, C., Comstock, E., and F. McDonald, Eugene von Guérard 1811–1901: A German Romantic in the Antipodes, Alister Taylor Publishers, Martinborough, New Zealand, 1982, p. 284 (as "Whereabouts Unknown")
Pullin, R., Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2011, pp. 196–197

The artwork depicts part of 'Arundel', the 'model farm' set up by the journalist and co-owner of The Argus newspaper Edward Wilson (1813–1878) on Deep Creek (now called the Maribyrnong River), north of Keilor on Melbourne's north-west outskirts (the site of the farm now being between the south-west side of Melbourne airport and the Calder Freeway).

Von Guérard visited 'Arundel' in March 1865 while staying at the still-extant 'Glenara' a short distance to the north, also on Deep Creek, in preparation for his famous view of that property, Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor (National Gallery of Victoria, acc. no. A2-1986).