Description
This is the first of a pair of oval watercolours, measuring 20.2 cm x 26.4 cm, painted by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-80), a famous colonial artist. It shows two gold miners sitting dejectedly beside their mine, probably on the Victorian gold fields. Behind the men is a windlass, as well as their wheelbarrow, pick and spade. A large metal panning dish and a tin mug lie on the ground between the men. The painting has the artist's initials, 'STG', at lower left, and the title, 'Gold digging in Australia 1852: bad results', at lower right.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Samuel Thomas Gill, artist, 1852 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an2377312
TLF resource R3385 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
