SYDNEY FROM THE SOUTH HEAD ROAD, NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE, 1849

Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional
Melbourne
8 December 2021
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CONRAD MARTENS

(1801 - 1878)
SYDNEY FROM THE SOUTH HEAD ROAD, NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE, 1849

watercolour on paper

28.5 x 44.5 cm (sight)

signed lower left: C. Martens [indistinct]
inscribed verso: ‘Sydney / from the South Head Road, near the lighthouse’

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $30,682 (inc. BP) in Auction 66 - 8 December 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Lieutenant Joseph Dayman, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist, on 10 April 1849
Private collection
Theodore Bruce, Adelaide, 12 December 1978, lot 204
Private collection, Adelaide
Sotheby’s Australia, Sydney, 8 May 2012, lot 14
Private collection, Sydney