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Painter, b. 1806 - d. 1890

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  • GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806-1890) ATTRIBUTED AN IMPORTANT EARLY AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL OIL PAINTING "INDIGENOUS BOYS PLAYING AT THE OLD TREE"
    Dec. 10, 2023

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806-1890) ATTRIBUTED AN IMPORTANT EARLY AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL OIL PAINTING "INDIGENOUS BOYS PLAYING AT THE OLD TREE"

    Est: $2,500 - $4,500

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806-1890) ATTRIBUTED AN IMPORTANT EARLY AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL OIL PAINTING "INDIGENOUS BOYS PLAYING AT THE OLD TREE" Oil painting on board unsigned but purported from long held estate to be the work of G. E. Peacock 26cm x 35cm Private Collection Melbourne

    Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers
  • George Edwards Peacock (1806-1890) Lyon's Terrace, 1845
    Aug. 29, 2023

    George Edwards Peacock (1806-1890) Lyon's Terrace, 1845

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    George Edwards Peacock (1806-1890) Lyon's Terrace, 1845 inscribed on distressed labels verso: 'Sam Lyons the Auctioneer...at the end of the Terrace S...Buckland Chas M...F.Marshall Corlett..Herbert [?] Maitland were all residents' titled and dated on distressed label attached verso: 'Lyons Terrace Sydney / 1845' oil on canvas 17.5 x 25.0cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

    Bonhams
  • PEACOCK George Edwards (1806-1880), Australian Landscape with Travellers on a Path, 1852., Oil on Canvas, 24.5x34.5cm
    Mar. 19, 2023

    PEACOCK George Edwards (1806-1880), Australian Landscape with Travellers on a Path, 1852., Oil on Canvas, 24.5x34.5cm

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    PEACOCK, George Edwards (1806-1880) Australian Landscape with Travellers on a Path, 1852. Signed and dated lower left 'G E Peacock 1852'. Oil on Canvas 24.5x34.5cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher-Menzies 18th June 2008 (lot 66); private collection, Sydney.

    Davidson Auctions
  • GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Morning Chores oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower left
    Jan. 19, 2023

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Morning Chores oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower left

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Morning Chores oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower left

    Lawsons
  • GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Town Gathering oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower right
    Jan. 19, 2023

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Town Gathering oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower right

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    GEORGE EDWARD PEACOCK (1806 - 1880) Town Gathering oil on board 24 x 19 cm (frame: 40 x 35 x 4 cm) signed lower right

    Lawsons
  • George Edwards Peacock, Australia (1806-1880), Australian Landscape, with Figures, Watercolour
    Nov. 28, 2022

    George Edwards Peacock, Australia (1806-1880), Australian Landscape, with Figures, Watercolour

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    George Edwards Peacock Australia, (1806-1880) Australian Landscape, with Figures Watercolour Signed lower right

    Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
  • George Edwards Peacock, Australia (1806-1880), Australian Landscape, with Figures, Watercolour
    Sep. 19, 2022

    George Edwards Peacock, Australia (1806-1880), Australian Landscape, with Figures, Watercolour

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    George Edwards Peacock Australia, (1806-1880) Australian Landscape, with Figures Watercolour Signed lower right

    Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806-circa 1875 View of Sydney from the North Shore 1848 oil on canvas
    Aug. 24, 2022

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806-circa 1875 View of Sydney from the North Shore 1848 oil on canvas

    Est: $35,000 - $45,000

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806-circa 1875 View of Sydney from the North Shore 1848 oil on canvas signed, dated and inscribed verso (label) 24 x 33 cm PROVENANCE George Peacock, Sydney Private Collection Christie's, London, 22 October 1991, lot 104 Company Collection, Sydney Private Collection, Brisbane Important Fine Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 2 December 2015, lot 118, illustrated Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

    Smith & Singer
  • George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower left
    Dec. 12, 2021

    George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower left

    Est: $2,200 - $3,300

    George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower left

    Christian McCann Auctions
  • George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower right
    Dec. 12, 2021

    George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower right

    Est: $2,200 - $3,300

    George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower right

    Christian McCann Auctions
  • George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower
    Nov. 08, 2020

    George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower

    Est: $2,500 - $3,750

    George Edward Peacock- Morning Chores, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower left. 

    Christian McCann Auctions
  • George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower
    Nov. 08, 2020

    George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower

    Est: $2,500 - $3,750

    George Edward Peacock- Town Gathering, oil on board, 24x19cm, signed lower right.             

    Christian McCann Auctions
  • George Edward Peacock. Swagman smoking his pipe by the old bush shack. Oil on board. H 21cm, W 30cm
    May. 17, 2020

    George Edward Peacock. Swagman smoking his pipe by the old bush shack. Oil on board. H 21cm, W 30cm

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    George Edward Peacock. Swagman smoking his pipe by the old bush shack. Oil on board. H 21cm, W 30cm

    Christian McCann Auctions
  • Oil Painting
    Mar. 15, 2020

    Oil Painting

    Est: $500 - $800

    George Edwards Peacock Britain 1806-1890 Australia Oil on board 21.5 x 29cm

    E J Ainger
  • GEORGE PEACOCK (1806-c.1890) Heads of Port Jackson, NSW 1852 oil on board
    Nov. 26, 2019

    GEORGE PEACOCK (1806-c.1890) Heads of Port Jackson, NSW 1852 oil on board

    Est: $18,000 - $22,000

    GEORGE PEACOCK (1806-c.1890) Heads of Port Jackson, NSW 1852 oil on board signed lower left: G.E. Peacock signed, dated and titled verso: Heads of Port Jackson/ looking out/ G E Peacock 1852 16 x 21cm PROVENANCE: The Late Dowager Countess of Harewood (formally known as Bambi Smith) Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: George Edwards Peacock, a solicitor by profession, arrived in Sydney aboard the Prince George on 8 May 1837, transported from Yorkshire for defrauding his brother. Seeking social grace through painting, he became known for his images of Sydney harbour, which he created from c.1844-1857. As seen in Heads of Port Jackson, NSW 1852 Peacock's oils were generally small and atmospheric, renowned for their idyllic beauty. Port Jackson was a crucial entry point for marine traffic and played a key role in the history and development of Sydney. Given Peacocks education and professional background, he was instantly assigned to work as a meteorological recorder at the South Head weather station. It was here that he took a liking to the sea's temperaments and developing landscape surrounding the shoreline. In this painting Peacock references the harsh and rapidly changing conditions of the sea. With aggressive rocks, stormy sky and grey palette, Peacock empathises with the boatmen in their somewhat flimsy rowing boat, using nothing more than their paddles to reach land. The Australian-born Patricia Harewood, née Tuckwell (1926-2018), was the widow of the Queen's first cousin, George Lascelles, the Seventh Earl of Harewood (1923-2011), whom she married in 1967. Born in Melbourne, she went on to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and played in the first violins of the Sydney Symphony. In the late 1940s, she married the photographer Athol Smith (1914-1990), and became a successful fashion model, starting a model college under her professional name, Bambi Smith. In the late 1950s she moved to England where she resided in Harewood House. It is at this property where the painting hung for more than half a century on the wall above her desk in the sitting room in the private apartments.

    Leonard Joel
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, (1806 – c.1890s), VIEW OF SYDNEY HARBOUR, oil on card
    Aug. 28, 2019

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, (1806 – c.1890s), VIEW OF SYDNEY HARBOUR, oil on card

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, (1806 – c.1890s), VIEW OF SYDNEY HARBOUR, oil on card SIGNED: bears inscription verso: 856 / 2 bears inscription on backing board verso: 10/58 nos DIMENSIONS: 17.0 x 24.0 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection Maggs Bros. Ltd., London Ken and Joan Plomley Collection of Modernist Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above in November 1958 RELATED WORK: Sydney Harbour near Watson’s Bay, 1851, oil on canvas, 26.1 x 36.5 cm, in the collection of the Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Vaucluse Bay, South Side of Port Jackson, New South Wales, oil on board, 17.0 x 22.0 cm, private collection

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806 - circa 1875 Port Jackson, N.S.W. looking South from near Middle Head past St George's Head 1847 oil on...
    May. 03, 2017

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806 - circa 1875 Port Jackson, N.S.W. looking South from near Middle Head past St George's Head 1847 oil on...

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK 1806 - circa 1875 Port Jackson, N.S.W. looking South from near Middle Head past St George''s Head 1847 oil on board signed, dated and inscribed ''No. 2. / Port Jackson N.S.W. / Looking S. from near Middle Hd. / past St. George''s Head / G.E. Peacock / 1847.'' verso 15 x 20 cm PROVENANCE Mr Elwin a''Beckett, New South Wales Colonial Cedar Furniture & Effects including Paintings, Raffan Kelaher & Thomas, Sydney, 13 October 2013, lot 18, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales

    Smith & Singer
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, 1806 – c.1890s, VIEW OF SYDNEY FROM THE NORTH SHORE, 1848, oil on canvas
    Dec. 02, 2015

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, 1806 – c.1890s, VIEW OF SYDNEY FROM THE NORTH SHORE, 1848, oil on canvas

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK, 1806 – c.1890s, VIEW OF SYDNEY FROM THE NORTH SHORE, 1848, oil on canvas SIGNED: signed with initials, inscribed and dated on old label on stretcher verso: Sydney from Northernmost Side of Port Jackson, GEP 1848 DIMENSIONS: 24.0 x 33.0 cm PROVENANCE: Christie’s, London, 22 October 1991, lot 104 Company collection, Sydney Private collection, Brisbane

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) - Boats On The Yarra 24 x 35cm
    Jun. 25, 2015

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) - Boats On The Yarra 24 x 35cm

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) Boats On The Yarra oil on canvas on board 24 x 35cm signed lower right

    Lawsons
  • George Edwards Peacock (1806 - XIX) - The View of the City of Sydney is presented by the Government of New South Wales O.M.Spencer E...
    Jun. 11, 2015

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - XIX) - The View of the City of Sydney is presented by the Government of New South Wales O.M.Spencer E...

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - XIX) The View of the City of Sydney is presented by the Government of New South Wales O.M.Spencer Esq., chromolithograph 33.5 x 83.5cm published 1st Aug 1879 by P.E. Reynolds

    Lawsons
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-90)
    Nov. 23, 2014

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-90)

    Est: $18,000 - $22,000

    No. 6. Port Jackson, NSW, View up the Harbour from Garden Island 1847 14.7 x 19.8 cm

    Leonard Joel
  • George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) - Boats On The Yarra 24 x 35cm
    Sep. 11, 2014

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) - Boats On The Yarra 24 x 35cm

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    George Edwards Peacock (1806 - ?1900) Boats On The Yarra oil on canvas on board 24 x 35cm signed lower right

    Lawsons
  • GEORGE E. PEACOCK (working Melbourne c1860-1900)
    Mar. 20, 2014

    GEORGE E. PEACOCK (working Melbourne c1860-1900)

    Est: $4,500 - $5,500

    GEORGE E. PEACOCK (working Melbourne c1860-1900) Dandenongs 1896 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: E. Peacock/ 1896.|

    Menzies
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-1890) Point Piper from Shark Island, New South Wales
    Mar. 22, 2012

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-1890) Point Piper from Shark Island, New South Wales

    Est: $14,000 - $18,000

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-1890) Point Piper from Shark Island, New South Wales Medium: oil on board Size: 20.0 x 27.5 cm Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom|Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2010, lot 13|Private collection, Sydney

    Menzies
  • South Head, Port Jackson, New South Wales
    Sep. 26, 2007

    South Head, Port Jackson, New South Wales

    Est: £5,000 - £7,000

    George Edwards Peacock (1806-1890) South Head, Port Jackson, New South Wales indistinctly signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'GEP 184(?) South Head Port Jackson NSW' on an old label on the stretcher oil on canvas 11 5/8 x 15 5/8in. (29.5 x 39.7cm.)

    Christie's
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-1890)
    Apr. 19, 2005

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-1890)

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    View of the Heads of Port Jackson, New South Wales, from above Vaucluse Bay signed, dated and inscribed 'E Peacock 1847/View of the Heads of Port Jackson New South Wales/from above Vaucluse Bay' (on the reverse) oil on board 32 x 47 cm

    Christie's
  • GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-?1890)
    May. 06, 2003

    GEORGE EDWARDS PEACOCK (1806-?1890)

    Est: $78,000 - $110,500

    Sydney from Macquarie Street oil on canvas 38.6 x 84 cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Scandinavia NOTES An unusually large panoramic view of Sydney by Peacock, ranging from the new Tudor Gothic Government House (occupied 1845) and Stables on the left to the villas and windmills on Woolloomooloo Ridge and the statue of Sir Richard Bourke (unveiled 1842 at the top of the Botanic Gardens, and since moved to in front of the Mitchell Library) on the right. Typically, Peacock includes closely observed topographical detail, often of personal significance; South Head Light (near where he resided) can be made out on the horizon and Sir Richard Bourke (Governor 1831-1837, to whom Peacock's wife came out to Sydney with letters of recommendation, and who patronised the artist) stands recently commemorated at the extreme right. The artist presents the panorama in his customary picturesque manner, setting the scene above a foreground of sheep and emus at pasture on the grasses of the domain. There is a marginally smaller version of this subject by Peacock, with some variations, in the State Library of New South Wales (ML676 A View of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?, signed and dated 1852, oil on canvas, 35.5 x 76.5cm., for which see R. Neville, George Edwards Peacock in the Picture Gallery, Sydney, 2002, no. 26). The similarities between the two pictures suggest a similar date for the present undated picture. The title of the present work, preserved on the frame, presumably originated from an old label on the reverse (which no longer survives). The son of the vicar of Sedburgh, Yorkshire, the artist was baptised George Edwards Peacock in 1806, named, like his brother, after his mother Catherine's maiden name of Edwards. A solicitor by 1830, he struggled to find the means to maintain his wife and child as he wished and resorted to forging a power of attorney to access his brother's money. Arrested and sentenced to death for forgery at the Old Bailey in 1836, the sentence was commuted to transportation and he arrived on the Prince George in Sydney in 1837. His first years were spent as a clerk at the penal colony of Port Macquarie before he managed to be transferred to Sydney in 1839 to join his wife and child (who had followed him out to New South Wales in 1837). In Sydney he trained with James Dunlop, the government astronomer, and was meteorologist at South Head by 1840, where he would reside in a government cottage, alone (his marriage failed), until retired by Governor Denison in 1856. Peacock was conditionally pardoned in 1845 but obliged to remain in the colony. His career as a painter appears to begin around 1844 with the production of small scale pictures on paper and card, typically signed with initials, dated and titled on labels pasted to the reverse. The majority of pictures are views of Sydney from South Head Road and commissioned portraits of particular villas and vistas in the eastern suburbs. He exhibited in the later 1840s and expanded his repertoire to include larger and more ambitious signed canvases in the early 1850s. Nothing is known of his life after 1856, although a picture titled Richmond Bridge was exhibited by a George Peacock at the Victorian Society of Artists in Melbourne in 1857, and two small views of Hobart and Launceston attributed to him (Christie's London, 14 July 1994, lot 148), together might suggest he quit Sydney and visited Tasmania and Melbourne in 1856-57.

    Christie's
  • George Edwards Peacock (Australian, 1806-c.1890)
    Apr. 29, 2003

    George Edwards Peacock (Australian, 1806-c.1890)

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    both signed, both inscribed and both dated 1848 verso, oil on board

    Bonhams
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