Lot 21: JACOB JANSSEN, AUSTRALIAN 1779-1856

VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE HARBOUR OF RIO DI JANIERO UP FROM THE HILL OF STE THERESA ABOVE THE CITY

37x50cm.; 14½x19¾in.

signed and dated 1828

watercolour

NOTE

Jacob Janssen was born in Einlage, Prussia. He moved to Philadelphia in 1807 and studied drawing under Signor Pieso Ancora. Travelling extensively he spent twelve years in Brazil and also visited North America, India, Zanzibar and the Phillipenes. He eventually settled in Sydney, Australia, where he died in 1856.