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Title
Collection of views mainly of New South Wales, with some views of Tasmania, ca. 1882-1895 / drawn by W.C. Piguenit
Creator
W. C. (William Charles) Piguenit, 1836-1914
Call number
DGD 6
Level of description
fonds
Date

1882-1895
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints
Reference code
825770
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
97 drawings on 62 sheets - pencil and watercolour, 2 lithographs - various sizes in portfolios 60 x 40 cm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

William Charles Piguenit was born on 27 August 1836 at Hobart Town and educated at Cambridge House Academy. Noted for his drawing, mapping and penmanship he was appointed a draftsman in the Survey Office in 1850. He resigned in 1872 and travelling through Tasmania, devoted himself to landscape painting. Moving to Sydney in 1875 he contributed to exhibitions and travelled through the Blue Mountains area, settling at Lane Cove in 1880.
The first Australian-born artist of note, he delighted in mountain scenery and often chose dramatic subjects for his painting. In 1901 one of his finest canvases, 'Thunderstorm on the Darling' won the Wynne prize, Sydney; he also won several gold medals for his careful and sensitive observation of nature.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
(accessed March, 2008)
Scope and Content
1. Parramatta River
2. Cockatoo Island and Balmain from Woolwich
3. Looking down the Harbour from Goat Island. On back – Balmain from Goat Island
4. [Sydney Harbour] and 4a. Rowboat
5. Looking down the Harbour. On back – Looking out of Lane Cove
6. North Harbour and 6a-b. River scene
7. Sydney Heads
8. Parramatta River from Ryde
9. Darling Harbour. Ball’s Head on back
10. Johnston’s Bay from Darling Harbour. On back – Pittwater, near causeway, Tasmania 7.3.95. Near Cambridge, Tasmania
11. [Landscape]. On back – [Water scene]
12. Parramatta Road from Woolwich
13. Parramatta Road from near Ryde
14. Sydney Heads
15. Lane Cover River. On back – Parramatta River from Woolwich
16. Parramatta River looking up river from Gladesville
17. Sydney Harbour from Greenwich Point. On back – Mt. Wellington from Brown’s River
18. Middle Harbour
19. “Woodbine”, Gore’s Bay. 19a. [River scene]
20. Cockatoo Island from entrance to Lane Cove
21. Parramatta River … Cockatoo Island looking N.W. 21a-b. [River scene]
22. The Race Course, Hobart
23. King William from small lake near Lake George
24. Mount King William from Lake George
25. Mt. Wellington from near Austins Ferry, Tasmania
26. From Towong looking North along the valley of the Murray
27. [Unidentified]. 27a. [River scene]
28. [Brig]
29. The Blue Lake [4 views, 2 on back]
30. Parramatta. 30a. [Scene]
31. The Hawkesbury, N.S.Wales. 31a. [River scene]
32. The Hawkesbury from near Wiseman’s Ferry
33. Confluence of Hawkesbury from near Wiseman’s Ferry
34. Mt Kosciusko and the valley of the Murray
35. Albury, N.S.W. 1882.
36. Mt. Kosciusko and the valley of the Upper Murray
37. Grose Valley. 37a-b. [Scene]
38. Grose Valley. On back – Grose Valley
39. [Govett’s Leap Fall]
40. Grose Valley. [Front and back]
41. Grose Valley. [Front and back]
42. Grose Valley.
43. Grose Valley. [Front and back]
44. Grose Valley.
45. Weatherboard falls
46. Valley of the Grose River
47. Valley of the Grose River. 47a. [Clouds?]
48. Lane Cove from above bridge. 48a. [Scene]
49. Looking up Lane Cove, above bridge
50. Lane Cove River, N.S.W., an autumn sunset. 50a. [Tree]
51. Lane Cove, Sydney
52. Lane Cove River near biscuit manufactory [and] Lane Cove River. 2 pencil views on back – Mt. Wellington from the Risdon Road
53. Sydney from Longueville Lane Cove River
54. Lane Cove River from Hunter’s Hill
55. Looking up Lane Cove River
56. Long Wharf. Lane Cove River [probably St. Ignatius College, Riverview in left of view. First part complete 1888]
57. Long Wharf from the avenue, Lane Cove. [probably St. Ignatius College, Riverview. First part complete 1888]. On back Mt. Direction from the Brown’s River Road, Tasmania
58. Lane Cove River from Hunter’s Hill [probably St. Ignatius College, Riverview. First part complete 1888]. (No.58b-g. also has several small drawings). 58h. [Horse]
59. Lane Cove from Fig Tree near Sydney. 59a. [Trees]
60. Onion’s point, Lane Cove. 60a. [River scene]
61. Entrance to Lane Cove from Northwood. 61a. [River scene]
62. Lane Cove River. Half mile above Fig Tree wharf. 62a. [Boat]
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Published Information
W.C. Piguenit, 1836-1914: retrospective / by Christa E. Johannes and Anthony V. Brown. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1992.
Description source

SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 997319
Signatures / Inscriptions

Most of the sketches have ‘By W.C. Piguenit’ in pencil on back and are titled in pencil on the view. Some have manuscript notes concerning colours.
Subject
Art, Colonial--Australia.
Topic
mountains
rivers
landscapes (views)
ships
valleys
Place
Tasmania
New South Wales
Lane Cove River (N.S.W.)
Kosciuszko, Mount (N.S.W.)
Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.)
Parramatta River (N.S.W.)--Pictorial works.
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)--Pictorial works.
Darling Harbour (N.S.W.)
Wales
Grose Valley (N.S.W.)
Cockatoo Island (N.S.W.)
Wellington, Mount (Tas.)
Balls Head (N.S.W.)
Exhibited in

W.C. Piguenit, 1836-1914: retrospective - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Picturing the Great Divide - Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. Applies to: f. 45
Open Rosetta viewer
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