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Title

La Perouse, Botany Bay

circa 1892

Artist

Edward Combes

Australia

06 Sep 1830 – 18 Oct 1895

Details

Alternative title

La Perouse, Botany Bay in 1854

Date

circa 1892

Media category

Watercolour

Materials used

watercolour, gouache on paper

Dimensions

56.0 x 106.5

Signature & date

Signed l.l. "Edward Combes". Not dated.

Credit

Gift of the artist's family 1895

Location

Not on display

Accession number

6293

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Edward Combes
Works in the collection

1

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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
- Australian art in the 1870s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Jun 1976–02 Aug 1976
  
  Australian art in the 1870s, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 28 Oct 1976–21 Nov 1976
Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
- Jean Campbell, Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, 'The 1880s and 1890s: Victoria and New South Wales', pg. 62-81, Sydney, 1989, 72 (illus.).
- Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph, 'Art Society's Exhibition. Third notice - water colors.', Sydney, 05 Sep 1892, page unknown. AGNSW press clippings book 1884-1896, pg. 80a.