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What the World Made Them. By the author of "Travels of an American Owl

187188143New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons 1871. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo 19cm. Beveled cloth-covered boards decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 284pp. Front cover sunned at fore-edge else a tight clean copy. With gift inscription to "Master Erastus R. Olmsted" dated Christmas 1874. A novel of American Gilded Age society contrasting the before-and-after lives Marion and Alfred children of a wealthy Eastern lawyer and politician who is exposed as an embezzler dying in disgrace on the same day the children reach their majority. The two struggle through a variety of added misfortunes before finally finding their respective ways as respectable wage-earners. Published anonymously by the New York novelist Virginia Wales Johnson 1849-1916 whose works often dealt with the injustices of wealth and poverty. Rather uncommon in commerce and narrowly represented in institutional collections. WRIGHT II:1359. G.P. Putnam & Sons unknown

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Guerard, Eugene von [1811-1901]. [New South Wales; Prints]Biblio.com

Weatherboard Fall N.S.W.

186727482Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Plate VII from Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68. A stunning view oin the Blue Mountains N.S.W. Originally named The Weatherboard the town was Jamisons Valley in 1815. In July 1867 the first railway journey to the Blue Mountains traveled through to Weatherboard Station where the train terminated. In 1879 the village took its name from the nearby waterfalls which had been named for William Charles Wentworth one of the men that headed the exploration to cross the mountains in 1813 and a friend of John Jamison. Two men with a rifle are overlooking the falls. Color lithograph signed in the plate with the oval blind stamp for the publisher Hamel & Ferguson below the title. Image incl. text 13 x 19 1/2" on paper 18 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. Libraries Australia ID 7744602. Hamel & Ferguson unknown

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National Gallery of Wales, Gifu Prefecture Museum of ArtBiblio.com

Wales Travelogue : History and Landscape : National Gallery of Wales Collection of British watercolor paintings 1675-1855 <Japanese Version>

18552092902143701392Gifu Prefecture Museum of Art 1855. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 151p 1 sheet Size: 30cm Gifu Prefecture Museum of Art paperback

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Views of the Seats of Noblemen,Gentlemen in England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland,first,second series (11 volumes)by J P NealeBiblio.com

Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England Wales Scotland and Ireland first and second series 11 volumesby J. P. Neale

18185212nLondon: Sherwood Neely and Jones / Thomas Moule. Good. Hardcover. 1818. boards worn and tanned in places. hinges professionally repaired. page lightly tanned first series 6 volumes second series 5 volumes and 1829 re still is place interleaved in front of engravings . Sherwood Neely and Jones / Thomas Moule hardcover

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Alphonse Daudet, George Canning WalesBiblio.com

UNIQUE HAND-ILLUSTRATED VOLUME painted by George Canning Wales Lettres de Mon Moulin par Alphonse Daudet

1891ABE-EBAY-205728107206Paris: Charpentier 1891. Hardcover. Good. Lettres de Mon Moulin par Alphonse Daudet. Édition Définitive. Paris: Charpentier 1891. Half-leather. This book has been meticulously hand-illustrated in watercolor by George Canning Wales the marine artist and architect as a gift to his sister Alice Stratton Wales. There are a total of 27 paintings on the pages. After graduating from MIT and working for a time for Peabody and Stearns George C. Wales traveled to Europe in the summer of 1891 in the company of Dwight Blaney and spent a year traveling and painting. The creation of this volume most likely dates to that period. He eventually returned to Boston in autumn 1893 after a spell in Kansas. The date on the ownership/presentation illustration on the second front endpaper is 1894. The paintings range from small vignettes to full-page; most are somewhere in the middle. The majority are black and white several are in color. The spine tips and particularly hinges show some wear scuffs and slight chips. The pages are very yellowed; there are scattered small closed edge-tears one notable open margin tear a small corner hanging by a thread; occasional minor blemishes. Charpentier hardcover

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SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERSBiblio.com

Transactions Vol. III. 1862 and 1863.

186496727M. W. White. 1864. M. W. White and Sons. Merthyr Tydfil. 1864. 248pp. 31 plates and plans many of these large folding ones. Bound in black half calf gilt blue boards slightly spotted. Spine rubbed to tail. Pages browned with occasional foxing one plate browned along edge. A very clean and sound copy. SCARCE. Mostly to do with coal mining and mine engineering of the period with a wonderful engraved plate of the Giffards Injector. hardcover

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SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERSBiblio.com

Transactions Vol. VI. 1868 and 1869.

187096725M. W. White. 1870. M. W. White and Sons. Merthyr Tydfil. 1870. 299pp. 53 plates and plans many of these large folding ones. Bound in black half calf gilt blue boards soiled and rubbed. Spine rubbed. Pages browned with occasional foxing. Generally a clean and sound copy. SCARCE. Mostly to do with coal mining and mine engineering of the period. hardcover

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SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERSBiblio.com

Transactions Vol. II. 1860 and 1861.

186196726M. W. White. 1861. M. W. White and Sons. Merthyr Tydfil. 1861. 289pp. 30 plates and plans many of these large folding ones. Bound in black half calf gilt blue boards slightly spotted. Spine rubbed. Pages browned with occasional foxing one plate browned along edge. Generally a clean and sound copy. SCARCE. Mostly to do with coal mining and mine engineering of the period. hardcover

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SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERSBiblio.com

Transactions Vol. I. 1857 to 1859.

185996724M. W. White. 1859. M. W. White and Sons. Merthyr Tydfil. 1859. 345pp. 50 plates and plans many of these large folding ones some hand-coloured. Bound in black half calf gilt blue boards soiled and rubbed. Tail of spine area rubbed. Pages browned with occasional foxing. One folding plate dog-eared otherwise a sound copy. SCARCE. Mostly to do with coal mining and mine engineering of the period with a wonderful coloured plate of a Somersetshire Coalfield. hardcover

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SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERSBiblio.com

Transactions Vol. III. 1862 and 1863.

1864750281864. M. W. White and Sons. Merthyr Tydfil. 1864. 248pp. 31 plates and plans many of these large folding ones. Handsomely bound in brown half calf gilt patterned attractively to compartments of spine constrasting lettering piece marbled boards. Slight rubbing to extremities otherwise a remarkably clean and sound copy. Mostly to do with coal mining and mine engineering of the period with a wonderful engraved plate of Giffards Injector. hardcover

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Robert Southey, SS Conant, Virginia Wales Johnson, Edward Henry Knight, Junius Henri Browne, Ruth Charlotte Dana Lyman, Zadel BaBiblio.com

The Story of the Three Bears January 1875 Ismailia St. Augustine Florida

18751009ORIGINAL EDITION Publisher-Printing Location: Harper & Brothers New York Date and Numbering: January 1875 Volume L Number CCXCVI Size and Page Count: 6.5 X 10 Tall 160 pages Condition: Good binding good cover has tears & marks COMPLETE No Missing Pages - 65 woodcut illustrations Most are Original First Printing even before book form:<ul><li>Poem: The Children's Night - By Zadel Barnes Buddington with 10 beautiful woodcut illustrations Zadel Barnes Buddington Gustafson</li><li>St. Augustine Florida -The Ancient City. In two parts part II - By Constance Fenimore Woolson with 9 illustrations</li><li>Poem: The rivals - By Richard Henry Stoddard Two Sketches - By Ruth Charlotte Dana Lyman with 2 illustrations</li><li>Slavery - George D. Prentice - By Junius Henri Browne with 1 illustration</li><li>Poem: A cry from the shore - By Nelly M. Hutchinson</li><li>Rape of the gamp chaps. XV-XVI - By Julian Croskey with 2 illustrations</li><li>The First Century of the Republic. Third paper. Mechanical progress.II - By Edward Henry Knight with 24 illustrations of machines inventions bridgeworks buildings</li><li>Poem: Love's Imagination. A little western flower - By Nelly M. Hutchinson</li><li>Ismailia - Arabic: Ø§Ù„Ø¥Ø³Ù…Ø§Ø¹ÙŠÙ„ÙŠØ©â€Ž al-IsmÄÊ»Ä«lÄ«yah Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: lesmÃ¦Ê•iËˆlejjÃ¦ is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Known in Egypt as "The City of Beauty and Enchantment" By S.S. Conant with 8 large woodcut illustrations</li><li>The Story of the Three Bears. For little folks - By Robert Southey First Printing For Little folks version! with 5 small woodcut illustrations</li><li>A modern Lohengrin - By Virginia W. Virginia Wales Johnson</li><li>The republican movement in Europe. Fifteenth paper. III. Germanic peoples.Continued. - By Emilio Castelar</li><li>A gala night in Russia - By Thomas Wallace Knox</li><li>The man who was like Shakspeare - By William Black</li><li>Editor's easy chair - By George William Curtis</li><li>Editor's literary record</li><li>Editor's scientific record</li><li>Editor's historical record</li><li>Editor's drawer</li></ul> Harper's New Monthly

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[Convicts; New South Wales; Australia]Biblio.com

The Recorder’s Report. To The King in Council Of All the Prisoners Under Sentence of Death in Newgate When the Four Following Prisoners John Smith for Uttering Forged Bank Notes John Crisp for Burglary Edward Hogan And James Scott for Cutting and Maiming Were Ordered for Execution on Wednesday Next

182327894London: Pitt Printer Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse 1823. First printing. Ephemera. Very good overall. A broadside that reviews the sentences of several prisoners in September and October of 1823. The fate of the four men in the headline was death. In a similar style to a court calendar the broadside reviews the sentences of several prisoners some of them not guilty. Another prisoner Susan Courtney alias Elizabeth Jones born 1 January 1796 originally transported June 1817 on the "Friendship" for 14 years for the crime of "coining". She was again transported Sep. 1824 on the "Grenada" to serve a life sentence for "returning from transportation." convictrecords dot com au see the 4th paragraph. Broadside 13-1/2â€ x 8-3/4â€ text in two columns below headline and large woodcut vignette. Main text followed by six stanzas of verse titled â€œA Mournful Copy of Verses On the Occasion.â€ Slt. toned faint horizontal fold line otherwise vgc. No copies located on OCLC Library Hub or Trove. Pitt, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, unknown

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Princess Charlotte of Wales [dedicatee]Biblio.com

The Pagan Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome Versified. Accompanied with Philosophical Elucidations of the probable latent Meaning of some of the Fables of the Ancient of a Theory Entirely New. Illustrated with Impressions from Engravings on Wood by J. Berryman.

180973189London: Tabart 1809. 12mo. vii vi 7-148 pp. 22 leaves of plates including frontis of wood-engravings by J. Berryman. Modern speckled paper covered board. Previous owner's name in ink at prelims dated 1841 otherwise quite clean with occasional spotting. OCLC records 6 copies at BL; V&A; NYPL; Univ. of CA; Athenaeum Philadelphia; Virginia Tech. The sole edition. Uncommon . Very Good. Hardcover. 1809. Tabart 1809 hardcover

Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA · Royaume-Uni150,00 £GB≈ 171,27 €

New South Wales Office of the Clerk of the Legislative CouncilBiblio.com

The New South Wales parliamentary handbook / compiled and revised by A. P. Clapin and Richard A. Arnold

1894411077Sydney : Charles Potter government printer 1894. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy bound in contemporary leather-backed over burgundy morocco-grained cloth. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine. Spine bands and panel edges lightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 398 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. New South Wales Parliament Rules and practice. Australia Parliament. Sydney : Charles Potter, government printer hardcover

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Johnson, Virginia W (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 ; [association copy : Cornell, William Oscar, 1836-1906]Biblio.com

The Lily of the Arno : or Florence past and present. Street Of Watermelon ; A Florence Window ; Shrine Of Five Lamps ; Church Towers ; Ave Maria of Dawn; Masquerade of Winds ; A Jewel-Box ; A Pot of Geranium ; A Blackbird ; A Vesper Bell ; Country Bells ; Ancient Mother ; A Rose of Vallombrosa ; Cypress-Tree ; By City Gate ; Those Who Came After ; In Church Of Lily ; Christ Child ; A Chord Of Music ; Three Pictures; A Monk's Cell ; Autumn Leaf; Respected Citizen ; In A Church Niche ; Story-teller ; From Laboratory Op A Prince ; ; Bronze Boar ; A Silver Lamp ; Stranger Colony ; Galileo's Disciple; God Mars ; A Branch of Almond Blossoms ; Grasshopper's Festival ; On Arno ; Window Closed

1891006853Boston : Estes and Lauriat University Press : Jon Wilson and Son Cambridge USA 1891 1891. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. x 354 p. front. plates. 21 cm. ; LCCN: 04-30526 ; LC: DG734; Dewey: 914.55 ; OCLC: 4217002 ; highly ornate presentation binding in red cloth with Renaissance-style filigree decorations in gold with protective red wrappers in slipcase with faded label ; top edge gilt ; 26 black and white photographic plates ; tissue guards ; Contents : The Street Of The Watermelon -- A Florence Window -- The Shrine Of The Five Lamps -- Church Towers -- The Ave Maria of Dawn -- The Masquerade of the Winds -- A Jewel-Box -- A Pot of Geranium -- A Blackbird -- A Vesper Bell -- Country Bells -- The Ancient Mother -- A Rose of Vallombrosa -- The Cypress-Tree -- By The City Gate -- Those Who Came After -- In The Church Of The Lily -- The Christ Child -- A Chord Of Music -- Three Pictures -- A Monk's Cell -- The Autumn Leaf -- The Respected Citizen -- In A Church Niche -- The Story-teller -- From The Laboratory Op A Prince -- -- The Bronze Boar -- A Silver Lamp -- The Stranger Colony -- Galileo's Disciple -- The God Mars -- A Branch of Almond Blossoms -- The Grasshopper's Festival -- On The Arno -- The Window Closed ; illustrations feature : Cellini's Statue Of Perseus In The Loggia Dei Lanzi -- Statue Of Giotto In A Portico Of The Uffizi Palace -- Palazzo Riccardi The Old Palace Of The Medici -- Medicean Chapel Of The Princes In The Church Of San Lorbnzo -- Ghiberti's Bronze Gate Of The Baptistery -- View Of The Cathedral And Giotto's Campanile from San Michele -- San Miniato Al Monte -- Loggia Dei Lanzi In The Piazza Della Signoria -- Triumphal Arch San Gallo Gate -- Savonarola -- San Marco Cloister And Tower -- Cell Of Savonarola San Marco -- Bust Of Piero De' Medici St Mino Da Fiesole In The National Museum -- Execution Of Savonarola And The Two Dominican Monks In The Piazza Della Signoria. From a celebrated Painting in the Museum of San Marco -- Ponte Vecchio -- Interior Of The Church Of San Lorenzo -- Choristers In Bas Relief By Luca Della Robbia -- Piazza Del Vecchio Mercato Or The Old Market -- Statue Of Justice Piazza Santa Trinità -- Colonnades Of The Uffizi Palace Looking Toward The Palazzo Vecchio -- Bronze Boar Of The Mercato Nuovo -- First Cloister Of The Church Of Santa Croce -- Statue Of Piero Capponi In A Portico Of The Uffizi Palace -- Palazzo Vecchio ; presentation of William Oscar Cornell 1891 on front endpaper ; "William Oscar Cornell was born February 8 1836 a son of Stephen and Elizabeth Gardner Cornell. He graduated from the Providence High School. He was a prominent wholesale grocery merchant of Providence R. I. and a director in the Westminster Bank. He was also a member of the First Universalist Church of Providence and was for many years president of the Universalist Society. He was greatly interested in music and served on the music committee of his church. He received honorary A.M. from Tufts in 1903. He died at Providence May 1 1906."--The Tufts College Graduate 1906 ; a beautiful example of late Victorian binding ; FINE/FINE Boston : Estes and Lauriat, [University Press : Jon Wilson and Son, Cambridge, USA], 1891 hardcover

Joseph Valles - Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

COUSIN VIRGINIA (Virginia Wales Johnson)Biblio.com

The Kettle Club. Christmas Tales for Children

1866610537Boston: Nicholds and Noyes 1866. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. 4.5" x 6.75". 159pp. Illustrated. Yellow endpapers. Publisher's red cloth stamped in blind and decorated in gilt on the spine. Scattered foxing near fine. The author Virginia Wales Johnson was a cousin of Winslow Homer's who alas did not illustrate this book. Nicholds and Noyes hardcover

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · États-Unis135,00 $US≈ 114,22 €

[ABBOT, Anne Wales]Biblio.com

The Improved and Illustrated Game of Dr. Busby.

184377578Salem Mass.:: W. and S. B. Ives 1843 or later. 20 printed game cards in publisher's blue-green cloth sleeve with printed paper label. . The cards are tanned; publisher's sleeve split at fore-edge; label lightly creased and rubbed. 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches. Lithographed hand-colored playing cards. No rules for play are present; but this game said to have been the first ever published in America was enormously popular and eventually issued by Milton Bradley and McLoughlin Brothers among others. Rules are available online. W. and S. B. Ives, hardcover

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(Wales) John JonesBiblio.com

The History of the Baptists in Radnorshire with a Sketch of the Nonconformity in the County

1895H36567London: Elliot Stock 1895. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo publisher's decorated tan cloth about very good 1984 inscription on flyleaf light foxing to outermost pages light occasional pencilling erasable. 209 pp. Elliot Stock hardcover

Common Crow Books · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

Giraldus Cambrensis [Gerald of Wales]; Thomas Wright (revised and edited with additional notes by); Thomas Forester and RichardBiblio.com

The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis : containing The Typography of Ireland and the History of the Conquest of Ireland translated by Thomas Forester and The Itinerary through Wales and the Description of Wales translated by Sir Richard Colt Hoare

188716359London: George Bell and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1887. Later Printing. Hardcover. Cocked 1" tear rear spine head edgewear tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Custom bookplate of American artist Arthur W Hall. January 1890 Catalogue of Bohn's Libraries bound in rear. English translations of the four Latin works on Ireland and Wales by 12th century Cambro-Norman priest Gerald of Wales. ; Bohn's Antiquarian Library; x 534 24 ad pages . George Bell and Sons hardcover

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THE HISTORY OF WALES ... by Caradoc of Llancarvan ... Translated ... Dr Powell ... Augmented ... W Wynne ... Revised .. TopograpBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF WALES . by Caradoc of Llancarvan . Translated . Dr Powell . Augmented . W. Wynne . Revised . Topographical Notices . by Richard Llywd

1832kb367.002GB: John Eddowes Shrewsbury 1832. Clean tight text with occasional spotting. Top edge bit dusty. Bottom edge slightly soiled. Probably contemporary paper covered boards with linen spine strip and original title label partly chipped away. College bookplates stamped withdrawn on front endpaper and small library label at base of spine but no other library marks. FRONT BOARD DEYTACHED. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No DW. John Eddowes (Shrewsbury) Hardcover

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[New South Wales]Biblio.com

The Gazetteer of New South Wales

186375777Sydney: Sherriff & Downing 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney Sherriff & Downing 1863. Duodecimo iv 118 10 publisher's advertisements pages plus a folding 'colored sic map of the Colony compiled expressly for the work' 427 × 538 mm and endpaper advertisements. Original flush-cut blind-stamped blue patterned cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover a little rubbed and marked and slightly worn at the extremities; thin strip snipped from the head of the front flyleaf; occasional light foxing; one opening a little discoloured by a newsprint bookmark no longer present; minimal signs of use and age; a very good copy. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed 1902-1995 Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide with his signature in pencil at the head of the title page. Ferguson 15645 supplying the date; the advertisement on the rear flyleaf contains testimonials dated January 1863 and suggests those wishing to 'be supplied in May June or July this year are requested to send their orders in without delay'. The map is extensively - and attractively - handcoloured. An augmented edition was published in 1866 see Ferguson 15646. Sherriff & Downing hardcover

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THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERSBiblio.com

The Gallant 24th. Dedication of a Brass Tablet at the Priory Church Brecon on Sunday January 23rd 1898.

1898176660Brecon: Printed and Published by David Jenkins "Brecon and Radnor Express" Office 1898. First and only edition of an immediate reprint with additions of a local newspaper account detailing the ceremony and celebrations for the dedication of a memorial to "the non-commissioned officers and men. who fell in action during the Zulu Campaign of 1879". Ten men from the regiment won Victoria Crosses for the campaign and six of them attended the ceremony. No institutional copies have been traced. The 24th Regiment gained legendary status for their actions following one of the greatest military disasters in British history when the unfortified camp at Isandlwana was overwhelmed by a massive Zulu force. Five of the men present in 1898 had won their VCs for their bravery in the desperate defence of Rorke's Drift events depicted in the 1964 film Zulu although not entirely accurately. These men were Frederick Hitch Henry Hook Robert and William Jones and John Williams. Edward Stephenson Browne received his VC for the later Battle of Hlobane. In 1907 after a sustained campaign lieutenants Melvill and Coghill were the first to receive posthumous VCs for their attempts to save the regiment's colours at Isandlwana. Another VC winner from the 24th David Bell also attended. He had earned his medal in 1867 in the Andaman Islands for rescuing several comrades from dangerous surf when their boat capsized during a storm. Octavo pp. 34. Double-page plate of the brass tablet loosely inserted 7 half-tone portrait plates group and individual. Wire-stitched in original red paper printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed small chip from front panel of wrappers a few minor splits and chips to the spine fold; folding plate with light crumpling at the edges else contents clean and sound; a very good copy. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni850,00 £GB≈ 970,53 €

[ART SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES]Biblio.com

The First Exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales held at the Garden Palace. Catalogue

18804504264Sydney: Turner & Henderson 1880. In remarkable original condition. Duodecimo pp. 22 ii; original wrappers preserved in a folding cloth box. The rare catalogue of the Society's inaugural exhibition held at the Garden Palace which had been purpose-built for the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879. An impressive two hundred and twenty oils watercolours and drawings were hung: Mrs. Alfred Williams' painting Ophelia the most expensive at £75 was highly praised by the Bulletin art critic at the time. Her identification as Mrs. Florence E. Williams gives more understanding of the high price as she had exhibited under that version of her name at the Royal Academy since her teens before coming to Australia. Her inclusion was significant for as Joan Kerr has noted "Florence's paintings seem unique for Australia at the time when domestic genre paintings are almost unknown." Florence was a founding member of the Art Society and had been a friend and pupil of and much influenced by Millais. As one of the very few figure paintings in the exhibition Ophelia gained most attention but she also had four other oils in the exhibition. An earlier painting not in this exhibition of a crimson Rosella set against lush vegetation and Mount Wellington was sold for a record $90000 in 2015. As well the catalogue notes W. C. Piguenit's Sydney Harbour from North Shore priced at £52.10.0 in modern times it reached $198000 at Melbourne auction. The catalogue also records works by Collingridge Halstead and Short as well as seven New Zealand watercolours by J C Hoyte the President of the Society. The list of "Working Members" names 80 artists and the Honorary and subscribing Members 47 notably Sir Henry Parkes. From 1871 the New South Wales Academy of Art had held annual exhibitions and had urged the establishment of a Public Art Gallery. This had as much to do with inter colonial rivalry - Melbourne had opened its Gallery in 1861 - as it did about fine art. Once a permanent home for the collection had been found the New South Wales Academy of Art dissolved in 1880 and it was acknowledged that an "artists' society" was needed: a society of professional artists rather than the more inclusive Academy. Artists led by Arthur and George Collingridge sought to establish an Australian school of painting and the first exhibition of The Art Society of New South Wales was held in December 1880 following its formation in July of that year. This catalogue notes that the Society was established for the "promotion and preservation of the Fine Arts in Sydney" and to "enable professional artists to exhibit their works advantageously." Further aims of the Society were lectures on art and a sketching club. The Life Class already established will "give rise to a greater variety in the works." This catalogue is a rare surviving record of the Art Society's first exhibition and succinctly captures the impressive depth of Australian Art in the late nineteenth century. . Provenance: John Chapman collection. Turner & Henderson unknown

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