MELBOURNE AS IT WAS IN 1837, FROM THE EMERALD HILL SIDE NEAR THE FALLS, 1873

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
14 September 2022
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H.L. VAN DEN HOUTEN

(Dutch/Australian, 1801 - 1879)
MELBOURNE AS IT WAS IN 1837, FROM THE EMERALD HILL SIDE NEAR THE FALLS, 1873

oil on canvas

68.0 x 90.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: H L Van den Houten / 1873.
signed and inscribed with title on artist’s label verso: Melbourne as it was in / 1837 from the / Emerald Hill side near the / Falls / Price 5 gns / by H. L. Van den Houten
signed on frame verso: Van den Houten

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $85,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 71 - 14 September 2022, Sydney
Provenance

Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 2 November 1977, lot 152
Corporate collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, preview exhibition at Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition, 2 September – 16 November 1875, Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne, cat. 3237 (as ‘Melbourne as it was in 1837’)
Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 - 81, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1 October 1880 - 30 April 1881, Victorian Section, cat. 126 (as ' Melbourne in 1837')