The Art Gallery of South Australia has lately put online a few more artworks by colonial artist George French Angas.

"Extinct Crater, Mount Gambier, 6th May 1844" is one I'd written about (from a book image in B&W). Seeing it in colour supports my contention that "Blue Lake" is by Gill not Angas (and it is not Blue Lake).

Article (with 8+ pictures) | The Mount Gambier pictures of Gill and Angas (and von Guerard) | https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Mount_Gambier.htm

#AGSAAdelaide #MountGambier #ArtHistory #ColonialArt #S_T_Gill #1840s #ArtHistoryAU #ColonialArtAU

Seven years into my study of Australian colonial artist S T Gill, I've been getting more frequent enquiries about works for sale. I'd responded up till now but now felt I needed to set a better boundary.

I'm a retired systems designer. My motivation for the Gill project is to contribute to knowledge commons and the public good – hence the near exclusive focus on works held by public collecting institutions. This keeps me busy enough. (Web site now updated to that effect.)

As it's the first day of the month, here's Gill's "August": https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill's_The_Seasons_and_The_Months.htm#133

#CitizenHumanities #ColonialArt #S_T_Gill #ColonialArtAU

It’s #CapybaraAppreciationDay!
Frans Post (Dutch, 1612–1680)
View of the Rio São Francisco Brazil with Fort Maurits and a #Capybara, 1639
oil on canvas
Musée du Louvre collection:
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062029
closeup via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rio_San_Francisco_and_Fort_Maurice,_Brazil_(Louvre,_INV_1727)_-_Capybara.jpg

#DutchBrazil #ColonialArt

The Arqueología mexicana magazine published the first of three volumes of the Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. This very important colonial document hasn't been published since 1976. So it's a must have for the mesoamericanist community.

https://tiendadigitales.raices.com.mx/library

Consider to suscribe the magazine in electronic format. It's cheaper !

#histodons #colonialart #Mexico

Visiting the British Museum is a reminder of all that was stolen from my Benin ancestors https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/british-museum-benin-bronzes-nigeria?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#BeninBronzes
#BritishMuseum
#ColonialArt

Currently researching this portrait of John Horrocks - you may know him as "the only explorer to be shot by his camel". Notice anything unusual?

This is a 19th century photo of a no longer known painting. Could it be by S.T. Gill? Historical context being researched with SLSA and, as always, via Trove and other digitised and undigitised resources.

SLSA B 17027 / view: https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+17027

#SouthAustralia #StateLibrarySouthAustralia #1840s #ArtHistoryAU #ColonialArt #S_T_Gill #TroveAU

Currently researching this intriguing portrait of John Horrocks - you may know him as "the only explorer to be shot by his camel". Notice anything odd?

This is a 19th century photo of a no longer known painting. Could it be by S.T. Gill?

Historical context being researched with SLSA and, as always, via Trove and other digitised and undigitised resources.

SLSA B 17027 / view: https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+17027

#SouthAustralia #StateLibrarySouthAustralia #1840s #ArtHistoryAU #ColonialArt #S_T_Gill #TroveAU