Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens in 1867

Henry Gritten

This painting depicts a view of Melbourne, looking across the Yarra River from the Botanic Gardens with Mount Macedon in the distance.

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Title: Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens in 1867
Creator: Henry C. Gritten, 1818-1873
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Provenance: Transferred from the National Gallery of Victoria, 1930.
Rights: This work is out of copyright. No copyright restrictions apply.
lithograph: Painting
View more information about this image in the State Library Victoria catalogue: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:SLV_VOYAGER1703157
View a full-size version of this image: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/46624
Physical dimensions: 35.6 x 25.7 cm., in frame 48.7 x 64.0 cm.
Medium: Oil on academy board
A.E. Ferris: Henry Gritten exhibited works at the Royal Academy in London between 1835 and 1849. Like many others, he was attracted to Victoria by the discovery of gold and arrived in 1853. He subsequently travelled to Tasmania, where he produced a series of similar scenes of Hobart. Gritten often repeated his most popular works, with only minor variations, and he also worked up paintings based on other people's sketches. Gritten was a founding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts, showing a painting of Brighton Beach and a view of Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens at its inaugural exhibition in 1870.

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