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1985 Lithographic Sketches Around Sydney S.T. Gill Australian Art Prints Ltd Ed

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1985 Lithographic Sketches Around Sydney S.T. Gill Australian Art Prints Ltd Ed

Six Lithographic Sketches Of Scenery In & Around Sydney
By Samuel Thomas Gill
Published by Spencer Sandilands & Peter Arnold 1985
Limited Edition Copy No. 39 Of Only 100 Published - All 6 Plates Present

" Six Lithographic Sketches Of Scenery In & Around Sydney reproduces one of the earliest and most visually important collections of colonial Sydney landscape art by Samuel Thomas Gill. Originally published in Sydney in 1856, the portfolio captured scenes of the young colony at a time when the city was still developing from a rough settlement into a prosperous harbor capital. This 1985 facsimile edition, limited to only one hundred copies, faithfully recreates the original lithographic presentation, preserving Gill's delicate line work, atmospheric shading, and romantic vision of nineteenth-century Sydney. Your copy, numbered 39, includes all six plates and reflects the careful craftsmanship of Spencer Sandilands and Peter Arnold's limited-edition publishing project.

The lithographs themselves are both artistic and historical documents, depicting tranquil harbor scenes, emerging architecture, shoreline landscapes, and everyday colonial life with remarkable sensitivity and precision. Gill combines picturesque composition with documentary observation, showing Sydney as a place where European settlement and the Australian landscape were still uneasily blending together. The plates emphasize water, open space, and elegant vantage points around the harbor, revealing how dramatically different the city appeared before modern urban expansion. Figures are often included quietly within the landscapes, lending the scenes a human scale while reinforcing the leisurely and exploratory atmosphere associated with colonial travel art.

Beyond their visual beauty, these prints hold considerable importance in Australian cultural history because Gill remains one of the defining artists of the colonial period. His work provides rare insight into the appearance and mood of early Australian settlements before photography became widespread. Limited facsimile editions such as this were produced primarily for collectors, libraries, and enthusiasts of Australian art and history, making complete sets increasingly difficult to locate. With all six plates present and housed in the original portfolio case, this edition stands as both a collectible art object and a finely produced tribute to one of Australia's most celebrated nineteenth-century illustrators. "

Light wear to covers and spine as shown. All plates present. Plates clean and perfectly presented. A beautiful copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.

Size 24.5cm x 30.5cm x 1cm - all plates present

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  • Art
  • Australian History

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    Condition: Very good
    Binding: Cloth
    Special Attributes: ["Illustrated", "Limited Edition", "Original Cloth Bindings", "6 Lithographic Plates All Present", "Copy No. 39 Of Only 100 Published"]
    Region: Australia, Oceania
    Subject: History
    Original/Facsimile: Original
    Seller Notes: Light wear to covers and spine as shown. All plates present. Plates clean and perfectly presented. A beautiful copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
    Language: English
    Author: Samuel Thomas Gill
    Publisher: Spencer Sandilands & Peter Arnold
    Year Printed: 1985
    Sub-subject: Sydney Sketches