Study for Aborigine Fishing by Torchlight c1853

Thomas Balcombe (1810-1861)

Study for Aborigine Fishing by Torchlight c1853

ink and pencil on paper
25.0 x 17.5 cm

Provenance:

Thomas Tyrwhitt Balcombe, New South Wales

Thence by descent through,

His wife Lydia Stuckey, Sydney, 1861

William Alexander Balcombe, Sydney

Vera Gaden (née Balcombe), Sydney

Gwyneth (Sue) Keeling (née Gaden), Sydney

Ms Diana Bradhurst (née Keeling), Sydney

Related Works:

Untitled (Aborigine Fishing) c1853, oil on board, 25.0 x 34.0 cm, sold Menzies, Sydney, 10 December 2015, lot 61, $98,182 (including buyer’s premium); State Library of NSW collection, Sydney

Untitled (Aborigines Fishing by Torchlight) c1853, oil on board, 25.0 x 34.0 cm, sold Menzies, Sydney, 10 December 2015, lot 60, $85,909 (including buyer’s premium); State Library of NSW collection, Sydney

Aborigines Fishing by Torchlight, oil on board, 16.5 x 22.5 cm, sold Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 26 November 2013, lot 46, $30,500 (including buyer’s premium)

Estimate: $8000 - 12000

Result Hammer: $7500