Attributed To John Skipper
(1815 - 1883)
PORT RIVER FROM THE HILLS, ADELAIDE, c.1830s
watercolour on paper
9.0 x 13.0 cm (sight)
19.0 x 22.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: examined at SA Art Gallery, 1971, cleaned / and lost some colour in process / Compared with other work and attributed to / John Michael SKIPPER, c. 1838 / Probably depicts Port River from hills above / Parafield, though could be in FLINDERS RANGES / of Frome-style unlike FROME
Estimate:
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold:
$1,227 (inc. BP)
lot details
Attributed To John Skipper (1815 - 1883)
PORT RIVER FROM THE HILLS, ADELAIDE, c.1830s
watercolour on paper
9.0 x 13.0 cm (sight)
19.0 x 22.0 cm (frame)
19.0 x 22.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: examined at SA Art Gallery, 1971, cleaned / and lost some colour in process / Compared with other work and attributed to / John Michael SKIPPER, c. 1838 / Probably depicts Port River from hills above / Parafield, though could be in FLINDERS RANGES / of Frome-style unlike FROME
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide
Exhibited
Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin & Co., Adelaide, 6 – 28 March, 1976