• Title
  Item 09: Residence of George Augustus Robinson at Prahran on the Yarra, c. 1847 / [attributed to G. A. Gilbert]
• Creator
  G. A. (George Alexander) Gilbert, 1815-?
• Call number
  ML 307
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1847. 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.
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  446480
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas, plantation timber frame with gilt paint on the front - 56 cm. x 66 cm. incl. frame
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titled from handwritten label formerly affixed to back of mount, now held at PXn 237
• 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.
  
  Restored 1962
  Digital order no:a128811
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Melbourne seen in distance. The figures in the foreground are those of G.A. Robinson & wife conversing with Aborigines. The property consisted of 20 acres on Merri Creek, 2 or 3 miles from Melbourne, costing 40 pounds an acre. Painted in Melbourne" -- handwritten on label formerly affixed to back of mount, now held at PXn 237
• Name
  Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Adult Males
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  country scenes
  dogs
  rivers
  tracks
  
• Place
  Prahran (Vic.)
  Yarra River (Vic.)
  

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