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Melbourne
Laurence William Wilson, 1815-19121905
State Library Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
Depictions of Melbourne from the southern bank of the Yarra have been popular with artists since the city's founding. A painting from almost the same viewpoint by George Hyde Pownall (1876–1932), showing Melbourne from the Victoria Gardens in around 1912, is also in the State Library Victoria's collection.
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- Title: Melbourne
- Creator: Laurence William Wilson, 1815-1912
- Date: 1905
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria
- 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_VOYAGER1787724
- View a full-size version of this image: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/99439
- Physical dimensions: 80.0 x 267.0 cm. in wood and gilt frame 121.0 x 300.0 x 11.0 cm.
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- A.E. Ferris: Laurence Wilson studied art in England before immigrating to Auckland in the late 1870s. Wilson established a successful career as a commercial artist and painter of New Zealand scenery. In 1904 Wilson visited Melbourne to paint this work, commissioned by H Credgington, a New Zealand businessman, who had known Wilson for many years. Wilson took five months to complete the picture, after which he returned, via India and Africa, to live in England.
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