Conrad Martens

1801 - 1878

The Artist, with a Travelling Companion, Sketching the Valley c1851

Watercolour
20.8 x 32.9 cm
Signed on reverse

Late in 1851 Martens was able to raise sufficient capital to undertake a five month long sketching tour to Brisbane and the Darling Downs, returning overland to Sydney through the New England and Hunter River Districts. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Joan Kerr, Oxford University Press, 1992, page 515

$8,500

Item #2532

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