• Title
  Item 08: Residence of G[eorge] A[ugustus] Robinson on Yarra, c.1847 / [attributed to G.A. Gilbert]
• Creator
  G. A. (George Alexander) Gilbert, 1815-?
• 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
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  446912
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas, gilt framed - image 48 x 59 cm. in frame 68 x 78 cm.
  
• 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.
• Name
  Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  anglers
  houses
  river banks
  rivers
  
• Place
  Prahran (Vic.)
  Yarra River (Vic.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Fish in Australian Art - Australian National Maritime Museum (April - October, 2012)

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