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• Auction House:
  Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
• Sale Name:
  Australian, Maritime & Natural History | Part I
• Sale Date:
  28 Aug 2022 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  118
• Lot Description:
  Henry Gregory Gregory
  (1813-1877)
  A collection of four watercolour and ink drawings
  26 x 36.5cm
  NOTE: For a similar example see Henry Gregory, Gentleman in waiting - for dinner, National Library of Australia
  i The Find, signed with initials and titled lower left and right: HG A find, 26.5 x 38cm; ii Astonishing the Natives, titled lower left: Astonishing the Natives, 26 x 43.5cm; iii A Foraging Party - Pleasing Prospect of Cold Missionary for Dinner, signed with initials and titled lower left and right: HG A foraging party - pleasing prospect of Cold Missionary for dinner, 30 x 50cm; iv With the view of making a diversion, and for laying the foundation for some moral and civilised observatories, the Doctor offered his host "if he was fond of children? / The New Zealander replied with a curious expression of countenance, patting his stomach at the same time. Oh! yes - me berry fond of children! [Colburn's Magazine]
• References:
  Shanahan, Mary, Out of Time, Out of Place, Henry Gregory and the Benedictine Order in Colonial Australia, Australian National University Press, 1970
• Notes:
  Henry Gregory Gregory (1813-1877) born in Cheltenham, England was educated at Douai and Downside Monastary and subsequently entered the order in 1833. He travelled to Australia in 1835 with first appointed Bishop of Australia, John Bede Polding. It was great privilege for the young Gregory to accompany the Bishop, performing the duty of catechist as he was not yet fully ordained. The following year Gregory spent some time in Norfolk Island as assistant chaplain and showed fortitude during a mutiny there. They returned to Rome, allowing Gregory to complete his doctorate in divinity, bolstering his position in the order and preparing the young monk for great responsibilities in the colony. They sailed back to Sydney in 1843, under Poldings guidance and encouragement Gregory was ordained Prior and later Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, Sydney. The Irish Catholics had a strong foothold in the colony and did not take fondly to Gregory or Poldings interference. Gregory was ordained vicar-general to Polding in 1844. At the age of 30 Gregory did not possess the diplomatic complexities required to unite the clergy and laity. Following numerous complaints from monks, clergy and laity in Sydney, Gregory was recalled and left Sydney in February 1861. He was later exonerated by the Vatican, but decided to remain in England for the remainder of his life.
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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