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WILLIAM NICHOLLS ANDERSON 1872-1927 The Federal Capital Site, Canberra 1913 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘W. Nicholls Anderson / 1913' lower right 120 x 242 cm frame: original, John Thallon, Melbourne PROVENANCE William Nicholls Anderson, Melbourne The United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia, Melbourne, until Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 5 November 1975, lot 160, ‘Canberra in 1913', illustrated Private Collection, acquired from the above Private Collection, Perth MARJON Collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 1983 EXHIBITED Commonwealth Historic Memorials Committee ‘Commonwealth Government Prize' (for a picture of the Federal Government Site), 1913 The Sixteenth Federal Art Exhibition, South Australian Society of Arts, Institute Building, Adelaide, 14 November - 6 December 1913, no. 183, 'Canberra' LITERATURE 'Federal Art Exhibition', The Advertiser, Adelaide, 14 November 1913, p. 10 'Art', The Daily Herald, Adelaide, 14 November 1913, p. 5 'Federal Art Exhibition', The Register, Adelaide, 14 November 1913, p. 9 H.R.S., 'Magnificent Landscapes Dominate Art Exhibition', The Mail, Adelaide, 15 November 1913, p. 1 'Federal Art Exhibition', The Adelaide Chronicle, Adelaide, 22 November 1913, p. 57