Anthony Alder’s skill is depicting natural history subjects
Once a prominent colonial Queensland artist, Anthony Alder (27 December 1838–1915) and his works had all but vanished from public memory until, in 2011, his descendants’ estate was offered to the State Library of Queensland. Here, we reintroduce you to one of his works Heron’s home 1895 (illustrated). ‘Heron’s home’ | Before Conservation Art history…
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