Catalogue Click for Auction info

Australian & Historical (#473) Closed

Auction Info

Lot 986EDWARD GILKS (1822-86), At Kew near Melbourne, watercolours on paper laid down on card, titled in pencil lower right, signed in pencil in margin at lower left and titled in margin "Rambles round Melbourne", in attractive burr walnut veneer frame, circa 1855-60, 7.5 x 13cm (with frame: 33.5 x 39.5cm). The sketch might depict where Gilks lived at the time. He had arrived from England in 1853 and settled at Kew. A letter from Thomas Ham is recorded, addressed to Gliks at Kew.

Click image to enlarge
Lot closed - Price Realized:$1,200 (1 bid)
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Australian & Historical (#473) Closed

Auction Info

  • EDWARD GILKS (1822-86), At Kew near Melbourne, watercolours on paper laid down on card, titled in pencil lower right, signed in pencil in margin at lower left and titled in margin "Rambles round Melbourne", in attractive burr walnut veneer frame, circa 18
  • EDWARD GILKS (1822-86), At Kew near Melbourne, watercolours on paper laid down on card, titled in pencil lower right, signed in pencil in margin at lower left and titled in margin "Rambles round Melbourne", in attractive burr walnut veneer frame, circa 18 - 2