Henry H. Glover
William Baker Ashton, First Governor of Adelaide Goal, c.1849

Early portraits held in private hands depicting people of importance
in the fledgling South Australian community are particularly rare, and
even more so when the artist is known. This recently discovered artwork
by Henry Glover depicting William Ashton is a welcome addition to the
pictorial archive of early South Australia and further develops our knowledge
regarding both the artist and sitter.

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Henry Gordon Horsford Sandeman 1856 – 1919

Gathering for the Start of the Christmas Handicap
Burenda Races, Queensland, 26 December 1874

There are only a few known oil paintings, all small in size, by Harry Sandeman
but his painting of the Gathering for the Start of the Christmas Handicap and the illustrations found in his journal indicate that he was a very competent artist
that drew faithfully what he observed. Horse racing was obviously a favourite
pastime as all known paintings by him are of horse related subjects and
he often mentions his horsemanship skills in his journal entries.

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The work of Harace Brodsky was noted for its modernity when artists
such as Hans Heysen were still painting the traditional gum trees of
the outback.

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Off Adelaide, 1880 by Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples

Robert Ponsonby Staples was born in 1853 and inherited his
father’s baronetcy in later life. He trained initially as an architect
and then studied at the Louvain Academy of Fine Art in Belgium,
followed by more studies in Dresden and then Brussels and London
and was strongly influenced in his artistic endeavours by his visits to Paris.

Off Adelaide, 1880 is a true plein-air work, an “ oil sketch of a landscape…, painted quickly to capture the moment, and without the ‘finish’ of a conventional easel painting”.

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Thomas Clark was to make painting the Falls his speciality and
several views by him of the Falls are known, including a very similiar
work that is now in the Australian National Gallery.

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This rare early work by Conrad Martens depicts Trevallyn,
the property of Mr George Townshend.

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George Johnston Junior, "earliest known artwork produced
in Australia by a person born in the colony of European descent".

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Thomas Griffiths Wainewright. Reunion of Eros and Psyche,
and Lothaire of Bourgogne.

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Samuel Knights, an Australian Colonial Sporting Artist.

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Aboriginal Breastplates: Widely presented by the European
settlers to the indigenous people of Australia in the nineteenth century.

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Thomas Hamilton Lyttleton 1826 - 1876, one of early Australia's
finest steeple chase riders and painters.

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Nicholas Chevalier: Mount Abrupt, Grampians painted circa 1864.

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