Green, Charles (1840-98; English) Sunday Afternoon in a Picture Gallery Pen and ink, wash, grey and white gouache on paper, 22.8 x 30.2 cm Purchased, 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.12-1) Like Green Holiday Time Afloat {1881} NGV [DR], this drawing was made for The Graphic, and bought from the 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition. Refs. AR
Green, Charles (1840-98; English) Holiday Time Afloat Pen & ink and wash Purchased, 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.17-1) Made for The Graphic, and shown at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1881, this work was purchased with Green Sunday Afternoon in a Picture Gallery {1881} NGV [DR]. In general composition and some details, this drawing provides
Goodall, C. (details unknown) Two sketches (no details indicated) Acquired, 1872 Unidentified; present location unknown A mysterious pair of entries in the NGV’s unpublished pre-1905 acquisition list (under 1872) provides the only information available on these works. Attempts to identify an artist have proved fruitless to date. Edward Goodall (1819-1908) and his brother Frederick (1822-1904)
Gilbert, George Alexander (1815-before 1889; English/Australian), attributed to View of Grant Street, Ballaarat, 1856, from Lydiard Street, looking East 1856 Pencil and wash drawing, 8 x 11 cm (visible image), 23 x 33 cm (in glazed frame) Purchased, 1889 State Library of Victoria (H187) This drawing appears to be by the same hand as Gilbert (G.)
Gilbert, George Alexander (1815-before 1889; English/Australian), attributed to Ballarat from Golden Point – Black Hill in Distance 1856 Pencil and wash drawing, 8 x 11 cm (visible image), 28 x 33 cm (in glazed frame) Presented by J.F.Bailey, 1883 State Library of Victoria (H1880) Gilbert, documented as working in Australia from 1841 onwards, is plausibly suggested by
Gibbs, James (19th-century British) Four landscape drawings Ink/sepia on paper, various sizes Purchased, 1886 Unidentified; present location unknown As listed in the NGV’s annual report for 1886, these drawings were as follows: (i) Menai Straits, North Wales (Indian ink, 6” x 9”) (ii) Conway Castle (Indian ink, 5 3/8” x 7 ½”) (iii) Brockley Castle,
Furniss, Harry (1854-1925; English) An Expert Pen & ink, c. 15.24 x 11.43 cm Purchased 1902 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (117-2) The artist was a cartoonist and illustrator, known particularly for his work for Punch. He illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno (1889), and many other books. His autobiography, Confessions of
Fripp, Charles Edwin (1854-1906; British) Incidents in the Zulu War, 1878 1878 Brush and wash over pencil, 81.7 x 53.3 cm Presented by the proprietors of The Graphic, 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.15-1) The son of English watercolour specialist G.A.Fripp (1813-96), C.E.Fripp made his name as an artist-reporter covering various British military actions in
Flintoff, Thomas (c.1809-91; English/Australian) The Hon John Basson Humffray, First Commissioner of Mines – of Victoria 1859 Chalk, 67.0 x 62.0 cm Presented by H.R.Humffray, 1891 State Library of Victoria (H325) Although Humffray (1824-91) disassociated himself from the Eureka rebellion of 1854, he was a vocal advocate for miners’ rights in the period. In 1855, he
Wrigglesworth & Binns (active c.1870-1900; New Zealanders), after? Captain John Stewart Spotswood, Settler in 1839, near the present site of Spottiswoode Chalk, c.56 x 40 cm Presented by R.H.Seddon, 1887 State Library of Victoria (H239) This rather awkward-looking image is identified in the inscription at the base of the frame as a portrait of “Capt.John
Dyce, William (1806-64; Scottish) Portrait of HRH the Prince of Wales (1848) Chalk and gouache on paper, 48.2 x 38.1 cm Gift of Duncan Elphinstone Cooper, 1877 National Gallery of Victoria (p.167.31-1) This work, described in NGV 1894 and 1905 as a pastel drawing, and reproduced in the 1905 catalogue in its original oval format, shows
Duckett, Thomas (1839-68; English) Design for the Seal of the Melbourne Public Library Size and medium unknown Acquired by commission, 1868 Present location unknown (lost?) [photo: wood engraving published in 1870] Duckett’s drawing was commissioned by Augustus Tulk, on behalf of the Library. The artist is recorded as being disappointed that “the trustees do not intend
Du Maurier, George Louis (1834-96; French/English) A Connoisseur 1891 Pen & ink, 12.2 x 19.3 cm (image), 20 x 25.4 cm (sheet) Purchased 1892 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (p.432.1-1) [photo: as reproduced in NGV 1894] The late Victorian “upstairs/downstairs” scenario is spelt out in the dialogue inscribed below the image (included in
Du Maurier, George Louis (1834-96; French/English) Speeches to be lived down, if possible 1889 Pen & ink Purchased 1892 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (p.432.3-1) This drawing and Du Maurier A Connoisseur 1891 {1892} NGV [DR], both made for Punch, were chosen by Hall from the 1892 Anglo-Australian Exhibition, Melbourne. Inscriptions below
Castello, Bernardo (1557-1629; Italian), attributed to Study of Male Figure representing St Luke Pen and wash, c. 30.5 x 17.8 cm Gift of Eliezer Montefiore, 1869 Unidentified; present location unknown The artist, also known as Castelli (and listed thus in NGV 1894 and 1905), worked mainly in his native Liguria. He was the father of
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-98; English) Ladies and Death (1860) Pen & ink over pencil laid down on thin card, 14.4 x 45.0 cm Purchased, 1898 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (41-2) Burne-Jones met William Morris while studying at Oxford in the 1850s, and later came under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, especially Dante Gabriel
Black, Margaret (active 1859-63; English?) Launceston and the Tamar, from Flagstaff Hill (c.1859 or earlier) Pencil drawing mounted on wood, 12.05 x 25.5 cm Presented by the artist, by 1870 State Library of Victoria (H34678) Joan Kerr, in her biography in the Dictionary of Australian Artists, observes that this drawing, Black’s “major known work,” was shown in
Becker, Ludwig (1808-61; German/Australian) Commissioner Murray’s Tent, Bendigo 1854 Pencil with white highlights on buff paper, 17 x 23 cm Purchased, 1894 State Library of Victoria (H1440) This drawing, signed and dated Jan.1854, and inscribed “Bendigo” and “Zur freundlichen Erinninerung an” (“Friendly memories”), dates from Becker’s earlier years in Australia. He was at the Bendigo goldfields
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1817; Italian), attributed to Study of Figures Red chalk, c. 30.5 x 22.9 cm Gift of Eliezer Montefiore, 1869 Unidentified; present location unknown This was one of several Old Master drawings documented as donated to the NGV in 1869 by Montefiore, an avid supporter of both the Melbourne and Sydney galleries in their
Barnard, Fred (1846-1896; English) [Drawing – subject unknown] Pen and ink on paper, c.12.7 x 14 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) Unidentified; present location unknown Both the 1903 Annual Report and NGV 1905 provide sketchy details, making identification difficult, in the absence of a reproduction. Barnard was an illustrator and genre painter, best
Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911; American/English) Phillida Flouts Me 1886 Pen and ink on paper, 37 x 28.8 cm (image), 38 x 30.4 cm (sheet) Purchased 1895 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (3-2) Abbey, a well-known illustrator, born in Philadelphia, lived mostly in England after 1883. According to NGV 1905, the title of this drawing (dated