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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  30 Apr 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  47
• Lot Description:
  J.S. Calder
  (active 1860s)
  Port Phillip Bay, From The South West Corner Of Royal Park Across Batman'S Swamp (West Melbourne Swamp) To Port Melbourne With Williamstown Train Cros
  oil on canvas
  94.0 x 155.5 cm
  signed lower right: J.S. CALDER
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne; Christie's, Melbourne,1 March 1973, lot 250; Private collection; Christie's, Sydney, 22 October 1975, lot 376; Private collection; Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 May 1981, lot 906; Private collection, Melbourne
• References:
  Illus. on Picture Victoria, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, <www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/melbourne/NorthMelbourne/19299.html>, viewed 13 March 2014 (as James Calder, 'Painting of view from Royal Park across West Melbourne swamp', c1860s)
• Notes:
  Research to date has been unable to reveal the identity of the artist J.S. Calder. A past attribution to the Tasmanian surveyor James Erskine Calder (1808 - 1882) which appears on the painting's title plaque is erroneous.
• Estimate:
  A$40,000 - 60,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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