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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  03 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 670) 10am (AEDT)
  04 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 671 - 1277) 10am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  914
• Lot Description:
  Mary Ann Synnot (Williams)
  (1828-1903)
  Bunyin-a-wak, South Brighton
  watercolour
  15 x 23cm
  signed, titled and dated Oct. 24th ‘59 at lower left; also initialled “M.A.W.” (Mary Ann Williams) lower left
• Notes:
  Mary Ann Synnot, daughter of Captain Walter Synnot and wife of Reverend Montague Williams. She had accompanied her father to Van Diemen’s Land in 1836, marrying Williams in 1851 in Launceston. They eventually moved to Ballan in Victoria and she died at Toorak. She is buried at St.Kilda Cemetery. The homestead depicted in this watercolour is her brother-in-law’s South Brighton station in the Wimmera, where she was visiting her sister, Annie, in 1859. Her manuscript journal recording this work and her travels between 1859 and 1864 has also survived, and is housed in the rare books library at Monash University.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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