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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR HENRY MUIRHEAD, ADELAIDE

ALEXANDER SCHRAMM
1813-1864

Bush Visitors 1859

Estimate $500,000 – $700,000

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR HENRY MUIRHEAD, ADELAIDE

ALEXANDER SCHRAMM

1813-1864
Bush Visitors 1859

oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed 'A. Schramm / Adelaide / 1859' verso
frame: original, David Culley, Adelaide (label verso)
68.5 x 91.5 cm

Provenance

Mr Henry Muirhead, Adelaide, acquired in 1859
Private Collection, Adelaide, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Catalogue of Pictures and Other Works of Art Collected for Exhibition in the House of Assembly, South Australian Society of Arts, Chamber House of Assembly, Adelaide, 4 October 1859, no. 70
On long term loan to The Adelaide Club, Adelaide, 1994-2013

Literature

Exhibition of Works of Art', The South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 5 October 1859, p. 2
'South Australian Art-Union Exhibition', The South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 5 October 1859, p. 3
'Second Day', The Adelaide Observer, Adelaide, 8 October 1859, p. 2 (supplement)
'South Australian Society of Arts', The South Australian Register, Adelaide, 18 October 1859, p. 5
'Society of Arts', The Adelaide Observer, Adelaide, 22 October 1859, p. 1 (supplement)
The South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 28 October 1859, p. 2
'South Australian Society of Arts', The Adelaide Observer, Adelaide, 29 October 1859, p. 3
'South Australia', The Argus, Melbourne, 29 October 1859, p. 5
'South Australian Society of Arts', The South Australian Weekly Chronicle, Adelaide, 29 October 1859, p. 1 (supplement)

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Australian & International Art
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Brett Ballard

Specialist

Australian & International Art
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Important Australian Art

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