Samuel Thomas Gill was called the 'Artist of the Goldfields' but he was more than that, and it is considered unfortunate that the lithographs and engravings of Gill's drawings, after he moved to Victoria in 1852, has so largely dominated his reputation. His South Australian drawings of the virgin landscape show an appreciation of the rounded hills of the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges, and his many charming topographical drawings done in the 1840s provide an unrivalled record of buildings in the infant capital, Adelaide, and in its port.
Collections of S. T. Gill's work, both original water-colour drawings and prints, are in the National Library, Canberra, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the National Galleries of Victoria and South Australia, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Collections of S. T. Gill's work, both original water-colour drawings and prints, are in the National Library, Canberra, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the National Galleries of Victoria and South Australia, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Samuel Thomas Gill was called the 'Artist of the Goldfields' but he was more than that, and it is considered unfortunate that the lithographs and engravings of Gill's drawings, after he moved to Victoria in 1852, has so largely dominated his reputation. His South Australian drawings of the virgin landscape show an appreciation of the rounded hills of the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges, and his many charming topographical drawings done in the 1840s provide an unrivalled record of buildings in the infant capital, Adelaide, and in its port.
Collections of S. T. Gill's work, both original water-colour drawings and prints, are in the National Library, Canberra, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the National Galleries of Victoria and South Australia, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Collections of S. T. Gill's work, both original water-colour drawings and prints, are in the National Library, Canberra, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the National Galleries of Victoria and South Australia, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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