Painting - Marysville Bush Landscape on gumleaf
From the Collection of Marysville and District Historical Society 39 Darwin St Marysville Victoria
- Description
- rectangular,framed gumleaf handpaintedin watercolours,bone coloured background ,brown mount
- Size
- 39cmslength 32.5 cms width
- Object Registration
- AP/48
- Keywords
- river, marysville, scene, painted, gumleaf
- Historical information
- hand painted in 1908Marysville river scene Very fine brush work
- Made By
- artist unknown (Water colourist)
- Significance
- This beautiful art work presented post fire by the Castle family who had treasured it for one hundred and three years
- Inscriptions & Markings
- Printed on reverse of painting "Only surviving one of a pair of painted gum leaves purchased in Marysville in 1908 for two shillings each.Purchased by 19 year Ellen[Nellie]Castles nee Hudson while on her honeymoon inMarysville with her husband Stanley Castles who was a relative of the famousAustralian soprano Amy Castles[1880-1951]"
- Last updated
- 3 Mar 2017 at 10:09AM
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