George Edwards Peacock
Australian · 1806–1890 · Painter
George Edwards Peacock was an Australian colonial artist. He was born in England and transported to Australia for forgery in 1837. While working as a meteorologist at South… (Wikipedia)
Record prices
Port Jackson, N.S.W. looking South from near Middle Head past St George's Head 1847Smith & Singer · A$24,400≈ $18,229≈ £14,098≈ €16,695Sign up to see
View of Sydney from the North Shore 1848Smith & Singer · A$24,545≈ $16,946≈ £14,378≈ €17,058Sign up to see
Point Piper from Shark Island, New South WalesMenzies · A$15,955≈ $16,547≈ £10,472≈ €12,567Sign up to see
George Edwards Peacock’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
George Edwards Peacock was an Australian colonial artist. He was born in England and transported to Australia for forgery in 1837. While working as a meteorologist at South Head, Sydney, he started exhibiting paintings. The surviving landscape paintings are now considered as early documents of colonial Sydney.
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