[New Zealand scenes], 1877 / by John Gully

V7B/7

fonds

1877

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

456886

Copy print : V7B/7
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room

Drawings - 2 watercolours - 22 x 33 cm. (each) on single mount

"Born in Bath, England he arrived in New Zealand in 1852. He worked as a clerk in New Zeqland before becoming a teacher of drawing at Nelson College, Nelson. A meticulous draughtsman he painted mainly New Zealand landscapes which he exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts, Melbourne, 1872-84. He became well-known in Australia for the engravings published in the Australasian Sketcher and the Pictureque Atlas of Australasia" -- Encyclopedia of Australian Art / A. McCulloch, 1994 p. 314

Two related drawings of New Zealand scenes are mounted together
The work is not titled. Title and artist written in pencil on mount, possibly by Mitchell Library Officer

Each watercolour is signed and dated in the lower opposite corners