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Merri Creek

Henrietta M. Pilkington, 1845-1927ca. 1863

State Library Victoria

State Library Victoria
Melbourne, Australia

Henrietta Pilkington's artwork has a very similar viewpoint to Henry Gritten's painting 'Merri Creek near Dight's Falls', and was painted at around the same time. It depicts a stream running through a rustic landscape, with water tumbling over a snag in the foreground, and a herdsman and cattle drinking from the creek.

Details

  • Title: Merri Creek
  • Creator: Henrietta M. Pilkington, 1845-1927
  • Date: ca. 1863
  • Location: Merri Creek, Victoria
  • Provenance: Gift of Ms. Margaret Thomas, 1928.
  • 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_VOYAGER1656462
  • View a full-size version of this image: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/271908
  • Physical dimensions: Visible image 34.4 x 50.0 cm., in frame 49.8 x 64.6 x 3.8 cm.
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • A.E. Ferris: Henrietta Pilkington immigrated to Australia with her mother and sister in 1855. Her copies of works by Sir Joshua Reynolds were exhibited at the Ballarat Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1869, and other works were shown at the Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1875. Henrietta Pilkington returned to England in the 1870s, where she died in 1927.

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