* O’Brien View from Retreat Villa, St Kilda 1862 {1886} Loc? [WT]

O’Brien, George (1821-88; Irish/New Zealander)
View from Retreat Villa, St Kilda 1862
Water-colour on paper, c.29.5 x 44.5 cm (12” x 17 ½”)
Purchased, 1886
Unidentified; present location unknown

This drawing does not appear to be extant in either the SLV or NGV collections. It was acquired with O’Brien View from the Junction of Barkley and Princes Streets 1862 {1886} SLV [WT], with which, presumably, it formed a pair.

Refs.

AR 1886, p.26; NGV 1894, p.111 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3^rdbay, no.4); NGV 1905, p.136 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3^rdbay, no.66, as 12” x 17½”) [£12/12]