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Victoria STGill Spring Hill from Road to Government Camp, Creswick Creek Antique Print c1857

Victoria STGill Spring Hill from Road to Government Camp, Creswick Creek Antique Print c1857

by Gill, Samuel Thomas

S.T. Gill Antique Print of Creswick Creek in colonial Australia.

Original steel engraving by James Tingle after the sketch by Samuel Thomas (S.T.) Gill (1818-1880) for Victoria Illustrated published Melbourne circa 1857 (with fine later hand-colour).

At 21, Gill migrated from London to South Australia. He tried his luck at the diggings, but had more success with his character studies of life on the gold-fields. In Victoria ST Gill gained a good reputation for his painting and drawing of colonial life in Australia.

This is a wonderful early view of Geelong. Page size is 20 x 28cm (8 x 11 inches).

Stock Number: apAv53Price: $100.00

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