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SUMMARY: This project links to several articles on George French Angas and S.T. Gill. This article provides a structural overview of these articles. Also a map of Angas's sketches 1851 on way to NSW Ophir diggings.
Article type: CONTENTS
S.T. Gill painted many scenes for George French Angas. This project represents a paradigm shift in how we view the works of Angas. Listed below are the main articles related to Angas and Gill.
The list includes:
There is also an extra map on Angas's sketches for his journey to the NSW Ophir gold diggings in 1851.
South Australia in 1842 (by one who lived there nearly four years)
"South Australia in 1842" was published London, January 1843 with three plates from works by SA artists E A Opie, J M Skipper and Theresa Walker. I reattribute a watercolour from George Gawler to Skipper. George French Angas lithographed two.
S.T. Gill - Narrative, 1843 to 1844
S. T. Gill - his life and times in South Australia, 1843 to 1844. The James Allen connection. The coming of copper and George French Angas.
S.T. Gill and George French Angas, 1844-1845
1844-45. George French Angas made a splash in South Australia in two visits (interrupted by a trip to New Zealand). He left on 2 July 1845, a fortnight after his art exhibition and its associated controversy.
S.T. Gill at Angas' Barossa 1844
S. T. Gill was in the Barossa sketching for the Angas family from 29 October to 4 November 1844. I identify some works as well as influences on Angas publications: "South Australia Illustrated" and "Barossa Range and its neighbourhood".
Klemzig, Angas, a German Hay Wagon and Chickens
Analysis of a pencil sketch of the German village of Klemzig. A comparison of the Klemzig pictures of F.R. Nixon, G. F. Angas and S.T. Gill. I re-attribute the sketch from Angas to Gill, revealing more of the collaboration between them.
S.T. Gill - Subject - Mount Gambier
The Mount Gambier pictures attributed to S.T. Gill and George French Angas. I re-attribute the 'Blue Lake' watercolour from Angas to Gill.
George French Angas in London and S.T. Gill
Some of Gill's pictures were used by George French Angas in London in 1846-1847: in his Egyptian Hall exhibition and his books South Australia Illustrated and Savage Life and Scenes.
George French Angas - Victorian Diggings, 1852
The weight of evidence is against Angas' presence at the Victorian diggings. He visited Gill in Melbourne in August 1852 and again used Gill's pictures for his own publication. This further cements the role of Gill as a ghost artist for Angas.
Angas - 1851 - NSW Diggings
Map showing the 1851 sketches by George French Angas in June and July 1851 on his way to the New South Wales diggings at Ophir.
David Coombe. Original 23 July 2025. Updated 7 January 2026. | text copyright (except where indicated)
CITE THIS: David Coombe, 2021-2026, S.T. Gill - Contents - Angas, accessed dd mmm yyyy, <https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Contents_Angas.htm>