b'160Ex 966964 966PIERRE AMEDEE VARIN (18181883), SAMUEL THOMAS GILL1. Thunbergie2. Thylacine, (1839), (BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, 18181880)hand-coloured engraving, A suite of five (5) paintings depicting an Australian signed and titled in plate in the lower margin, homestead and landscapesantique birds eye maple frame, c1842-46 watercolours with ink and wash, 26 x 17cm, 56 x 46cm overall some with white highlight,$250350 all initialled in ink S.T.G. and titled in ink or pencil lower left to right,965 one image dated 1842 with illegible annotation in pencil verso,ARTIST UNKNOWN, sizes range from 12.6 x 20.3cm to 17 x 23.4cm.All individually framed and glazed.(Natives rowing towards the Island of Aunuu), The titles read:watercolours, c1830s (1) Shepherds Out Station, nr. Mr Horrocks - North Station;21.5 x 29cm. (2) Stringy Bark Tree;Aunu-u is a small island in eastern (or American) Samoa.(3) Gum Trees;Showing a small settlement, the painting is probably by a sailor(4) Native Cherry Tree, Victoria;and is endorsed in pencil on the back. (5) Grass Trees.$150250PROVENANCEPrivate collection, Melbourne.In 1846, bored with farming, John Horrocks set out on a privately funded expedition to explore the country North East of Mount Arden, between Port Augusta and Lake Torrens in South Australia. The party included Gill as an unpaid draftsman. This provides rare evidence of the location of at least the first of these images.A rare collection of high quality watercolours by S.T. Gill, which is being offered intact.$25,00030,000'