Important Australian + International Fine ArtBack
Sydney
14 September 2022
Lot 53
MELBOURNE AS IT WAS IN 1837, FROM THE EMERALD HILL SIDE NEAR THE FALLS
MELBOURNE AS IT WAS IN 1837, FROM THE EMERALD HILL SIDE NEAR THE FALLS

H.l. Van Den Houten

(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:
$85,909 (inc. BP)

Lot 53

H.l. Van Den Houten

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

, 1873

lot details

H.l. Van Den Houten (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
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’)