A rare early 1855 watercolour panorama of the Port River & North Parade, Port Adelaide by artist, forger and fraudster Frank (Francis) George Hankey (c1832-1911) on four panels (lot 530) doubled its auction estimate to sell for $42,000 at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions October 20 sale of the Dr Jane Lennon collection.
The scene depicted was largely destroyed in the Great Port Adelaide Fire of November 1857 in a blaze covering several acres that wiped out half the...