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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  February 2016 Antique & Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  16 Feb 2016 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 334)
  16 Feb 2016 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 340 - 683)
• Lot #:
  657
• Lot Description:
  William Dexter
  (U.K., Aust.1817-1860)
  'Birds Nest'
  watercolour on paper
  218 x 330mm.
  signed and inscribed 'Sydney' lower right
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, New Zealand.
• Exhibited:
  Victorian Society of Fine Arts, December 1857 (see La Trobe Journal No.33, April 1984); National Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, Australiaís 150th Anniversary Celebration 1938. See label verso. Also with 'Bernardís' label verso stating 430 George Street Sydney, inscribed in black ink Value £60'
• Notes:
  William Dexter arrived in Australia on board the ship ëBank of Englandí. He taught at Lyndhurst College, Glebe then went to the Bendigo Goldfields where he designed the diggers flag. In 1854 Dexter and his wife Caroline launched a Gallery of the Arts and School of Design. Sadly, this failed and the pair separated in 1857. Dexter returned to Sydney where he died in 1860. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, National Library of Australia, Bendigo Art Gallery and the Joseph Brown collection. See inside back cover.
• Estimate:
  NZ$10,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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