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• Auction House:
  Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
• Sale Name:
  The Australian Collection
• Sale Date:
  16 Jun 2019 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  164
• Lot Description:
  Samuel Augustus Perry
  (1791-1854)
  View of the Valley of Roseau, Dominica
  watercolour
  10.5 x 15 cm
  signed and inscribed verso: S A Perry / View of the Valley of Rousseau or Queen's River in the Island of Dominica with the cascade and mountain called Morne Verte. / The columns of smoke near the right are Souffrieres. / Sketched one morning before breakfast.
• Provenance:
  Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings, Melbourne, April 19 1993, Lot 138; Sandra McArthur Onslow, Canberra
• References:
  Jillian Oppenheimer, Perry Soldier and Surveyor, Samuel Augustus Perry, 1791-1854 Deputy Surveyor General, New South Wales, Deputy Surveyor General, New South Wales, printed by Ligare Pty., Ltd., 2009, page 145, Illustrated colour pl.9
• Notes:
  Samuel Augustus Perry was a watercolourist, surveyor and soldier. Appointed deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales, he arrived in Australia in 1829. Perry, with Captain William Dumaresq, was responsible for returning to Venice the four bronze horses of St Mark's which Napoleon had removed to Paris.
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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