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The homestead, Canning Downs 1852

Artwork The homestead, Canning Downs this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1852-01-01
Accession No.
1998.042
Date Created
1852
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
30.1 x 45.5cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Place Created
St Leonards, Sydney, NSW
Credit Line
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

For several months in late 1851 and early 1852, Conrad Martens journeyed through the Darling Downs, travelling on horseback from station to station, sketching as he went. Twice during this time he visited Canning Downs, the home of his friends George and Emmeline Leslie (nee Macarthur). While there, he sketched the scenes that form the basis of these and other paintings in the Gallery’s Collection.

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Kenneth Macqueen / Australia NSW 1897 - 1960 / Harvesting scene (detail) c.1956 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / Purchased 1956 / Collection: QAGOMA / © QAGOMA / A watercolour landscape depicting rolling fields in shades of green and yellow, with hills in the background shadowed by clouds.

‘Watercolour in Queensland’

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