View of Melbourne
watercolour with heightened bodycolour on paper
initialled lower left: S.T.G
artist's name and title inscribed on unknown label verso
18.5 x 37.5cm (reveal)
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23 August 1993, lot 99
Private collection, Queensland
This is an early view of Melbourne after an engraving by John Carmichael published in Sydney in 1839. The view depicts Flinders Street Queen, Elizabeth and Swanston Streets from the south side of the Yarra. In the foreground on the right are surveyors' tents.
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8806
6:00pm - 17 March 2026
Hawthorn
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