BOTANICAL STUDY, c.1805

Important Fine Art and Aboriginal Art
Sydney
30 November 2016
88

JOHN WILLIAM LEWIN

(1770 – 1819)
BOTANICAL STUDY, c.1805

pencil and watercolour on paper

27.0 x 12.5 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – 35,000
Sold for $26,840 (inc. BP) in Auction 46 - 30 November 2016, Sydney
Provenance

Commissioned by Phillip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, 1800 – 1806
Governor and Mrs King, New South Wales
Thence by descent
Elizabeth Goldfinch, New South Wales, granddaughter of Governor King
Thence by descent
Lesley Goldfinch, Sydney
Thence by descent
Nancy Mannix (nee Goldfinch), Sydney
Private collection, Sydney