[The arrest of Governor Bligh, ca. 1965] / Donald Friend
[The arrest of Governor Bligh, ca. 1965] / Donald Friend
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1965
Call Numbers
ML 1328
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 23 x 30 cm., in frame 37 x 42 cm - oil, gold leaf and pen on composition board
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Landscape painting executed in oil, golf leaf on pen on composition board housed in gilt frame.
The painting depicts the arrest of Governor Bligh from the viewpoint of the interior of Governor Bligh's room in First Government House (now the Museum of Sydney). The room is furnished with a four poster bed, patterned floor covering, a framed d...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[The arrest of Governor Bligh, ca. 1965] / Donald Friend
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The source of Friend's 'The Arrest of Governor Bligh' is the iconic early colonial watercolour '[The arrest of Governor Bligh, 1808]' (Call no: Safe 4 / 5). This painting is attributed to an unknown artist commissioned by Sergeant Thomas Whittle, a N.S.W. Corps soldier involved in Bligh's arrest. The watercolour's provenance is through the family...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed lower left 'DONALD FRIEND'
Object History
The painting's provenance is unknown prior to its first recorded entry onto the auction market though Christies, Sydney, in 1974. Since this time the painting was bought and sold 5 times before it was acquired by the Library in 2015.
Reference:
Art Sales Digest, http://www.aasd.com.au/...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Shapiro, Lot 31, 30 April 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Donald Stuart Leslie Friend, 1915-1989, was a Sydney-born painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator, director and writer.
During the early 1960s, Friend completed a number of decorative panel paintings focusing on aspects of Australian history, of which 'The Arrest of Governor Bligh' is one. Other works include a 10 panel 'Ben...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1328
Record Identifier
92eVGQBY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVGQBY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1336596
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