Published by the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1986. Signed by the author. Foxing to endpapers, 2 inch tear at top of dustjacket spine with back cover, repaired internally with brown paper and dustjacket covered with plastic to protect.

The first of several volumes to be published in association with the Australian National Gallery, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of Australian painting from the 1820s to the mid-1880s. Bonyhady's rigorous analysis of the individual works, supported by a wealth of biographical and historical detail, recreates the lively and influential artistic climate that prevailed during the first hundred years of colonial settlement.