Boake, Barcroft Capel (1838-1921; Irish/Australian)

Artists

Entries in this catalogue reproducing or citing documentary photographs from Boake’s “Melbourne Art Gallery & Museum series” (c.1905): Boehm Young Bull {1888} Melb.Showgrounds [SC] Cranari Perseus {1885} Ballarat [SC] Lombardi (G.B.) First Whisper of Love {1884} Warrnambool [SC] MacDowell Eve {1877} Bendigo [SC] * Summers (Charles) Maternal Affection {1884} Loc? [SC] Summers (C.F. ) & Lombardi (G.B.) Shunammite Woman {1884} Bendigo [SC] Boake migrated

Summers (Charles) Captain Charles Sturt {1872} SLV [SC]

Sculpture

Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Captain Charles Sturt Marble, size unknown Presented by subscribers, 1872; transferred from NGV to SLV, 1943 State Library of Victoria (LTS 13) Sturt (1795-1869) arrived in Sydney in 1827, and led the expedition to find Australia’s hypothetical inland sea in 1829-30, charting the Murrumbidgee and Murray river systems. This posthumous bust

* Summers (Charles) Captain W.H.Hovell {1871} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Captain W.H.Hovell Plaster, size unknown Presented by Captain Hovell, 1871 Unidentified; present location unknown Listed among the donations to the gallery in the NGV’s Annual Report for 1871, this bust was catalogued among the plaster casts in the NGV’s 1894 catalogue. Nevertheless, it appears to have been an original work, like Summers

Summers (Charles) Aborigines of Victoria 1866 {1867} SLV [SC]

Sculpture

Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) 16 Casts of Heads of Aborigines of Victoria 1866 Plaster, various sizes Presented by the Commissioners for the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition, 1867 Museum of Victoria collection (10 extant?) Moulded from life, then finished and tinted under Summers’ direction, these showed people living at the Coranderk Station, near Healesville. They were included in the NGV’s

Summers, Charles (1825-78; English)

Artists

Works included in this catalogue Summers (Charles) John Pascoe Fawkner 1856 {1871} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Sir Redmond Barry {1860} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Seal of the Victorian Exhibition 1862 {by 1865} Mus.Vic. [SC] Summers (Charles) John Pascoe Fawkner 1864 {1871} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Sir Henry Barkly 1864 {1865} SLV [SC] * Summers (Charles) Sir Henry

* Sheldon George Watson {1894} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Sheldon, Frederic Stanley (active 1885-1916; English) George Watson on Cavalier (c.1892) Bronze, size unknown Purchased, 1894 Unidentified; present location unknown (lost?) This statuette, shown at the Victorian Artists’ Society in May 1892, is listed in the 1894 NGV catalogue, but not in 1905; a note in the NGV’s stock-book indicates “Broken 2.2.99.” The Dictionary of

* Saupé Marcus Clarke {1893} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Saupé, August (active in Australia from late 1870s; d.1913; German) Marcus Clarke, Australian Author Plaster medallion, size unknown Presented by Sir George Verdon, 1893 Unidentified; present location unknown The sculptor (recorded as Carl August Lebericht Saupé) was in Adelaide in the 1880s and then in Melbourne from 1888, when plaster busts by him were included in the

Mêne, Pierre-Jules (1810-79; French)

Artists

Works included in this catalogue * Mêne The Hawker {1881} Loc? [SC] * Mêne Mare and Foal {1881} Geelong [SC] Mêne, a noted animalier, rivalled Barye. His works appear occasionally on the contemporary art market, sometimes fetching reasonably high prices. Both pre-Felton bronzes were purchased at the 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition, and then de-accessioned in 1943.

* Mercié Triumph of Art {1891} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Mercié, Antonin (1845-1916; French) The Triumph of Art Plaster, size unknown Purchased, 1891 Unidentified; present location unknown A significant French academic sculptor, Mercié was Professor of Drawing and Sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The NGV’s Annual Report for 1891 lists this work as acquired together with * Mackennal Triumph of Truth {1891} Loc? [SC],

* Mêne Mare and Foal {1881} Geelong [SC]

Sculpture

Mêne, Pierre-Jules (1810-79; French) Mare and Foal (c.1860) Bronze, 30 x 49.5 x 23 cm  Purchased 1881 Geelong Gallery (1943.7; gift of the NGV, 1943) This bronze, signed “P.J.Mene,” was purchased from the International Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1881, together with * Mêne The Hawker {1881} Loc? [SC]. Both works were de-accessioned during the early 1940s purge of 19th-century sculpture

* Mêne The Hawker {1881} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Mêne, Pierre-Jules (1810-79; French) The Hawker Gilt bronze, size unknown Purchased 1881; sold at auction 1943 Unidentified; present location unknown This statuette was purchased from the 1881 International Exhibition held in Melbourne, together with Mêne Mare and Foal {1881} Geelong [SC]. Refs. AR 1881, p.54 (under “Metal Works”); not listed in NGV 1894 or 1905 NGV 1923,

* Marshall [after] Miranda {by 1865} Loc? [SC]

Sculpture

Marshall, William Calder (1813-94; Scottish) [after] Miranda Parian ware, size unknown Acquired by 1865 Unidentified; present location unknown This bust, representing Prospero’s daughter from The Tempest, was described in the NGV’s 1865 catalogue as by “W.G.Marshall,” and made in “Parian marble”. The sculptor was evidently W.C.Marshall, as detailed above. One of the most prolific sculptors