Watercolour
c.1871 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Largely self-taught, the landscape painter John Gully was born in Bath, England, in 1819. After reading Charles Flinders Hursthouse’s 1849 ‘Account of the Settlement of New Plymouth’, Gully emigrated the day before Christmas Eve 1851 to New Zealand with his wife and children. After an unsuccessful foray into farming, Gully sought employment at the Department of Lands and Survey as a draughtsman and went on to create a large number of views of New Zealand which he travelled extensively. In 1871 he had a painting included the British Royal Academy’s summer exhibition entitled 'Mount Cook and the Southern Alps, West Coast of New Zealand'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | watercolour |
| Brief description | John Gully. A mountainous landscape. New Zealand. c.1871 |
| Physical description | Landscape |
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| Summary | Largely self-taught, the landscape painter John Gully was born in Bath, England, in 1819. After reading Charles Flinders Hursthouse’s 1849 ‘Account of the Settlement of New Plymouth’, Gully emigrated the day before Christmas Eve 1851 to New Zealand with his wife and children. After an unsuccessful foray into farming, Gully sought employment at the Department of Lands and Survey as a draughtsman and went on to create a large number of views of New Zealand which he travelled extensively. In 1871 he had a painting included the British Royal Academy’s summer exhibition entitled 'Mount Cook and the Southern Alps, West Coast of New Zealand'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926. |
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| Accession number | E.911-1924 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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