This definitive biographical and art history volume provides a rich, comprehensive analysis of the life and legacy of John Glover, one of Australia’s most celebrated colonial landscape painters. Written by renowned curator John McPhee, the text chronicles Glover's 1829 emigration from Britain to Van Diemen's Land, exploring how his artistic style adapted to the unique light and form of the northern Tasmanian environment.
Printed in an elegant oblong quarto format, this scarce out-of-print volume features beautiful full-colour and monochrome plates alongside historical maps, making it an essential reference for collectors of early Australian art and regional history.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
- 1980 First Edition (Macmillan Australia)
- Hardcover cloth binding with original pictorial dust jacket.
- Oblong quarto, 102 pages.
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We currently have multiple pre-owned copies of this scarce title available to clear. Please utilize the dropdown menu to select your preferred condition copy:
- Very Good Condition / Collector's Copy: Clean, tightly bound text block. Hardcover boards are square, and the original dust jacket is bright with only minor spine sunning. (Price: $55.00)
- Good Condition / Storefront Copy: Solid, clean internal pages. Hardcover binding is sound, though the original dust jacket shows typical fading to the spine and light creasing along the rear edges. (Price: $35.00)
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