Series 02: Invitation card, ca 1888 / drawn by Tom Roberts, from the Papers of W.H. Gill
Series 02: Invitation card, ca 1888 / drawn by Tom Roberts, from the Papers of W.H. Gill
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Date
ca. 1888
Call Numbers
SSV*/Art/59
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Physical Description
Contents
1 ephemera - 24.4 cm x 16.5 cm - ink on board
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Full title
Series 02: Invitation card, ca 1888 / drawn by Tom Roberts, from the Papers of W.H. Gill
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'Tom R', lower left. An inscription on the reverse side of the printed exhibition card identifies the figure depicted as '... Sir Arthur Streeton as a young artist'.
Inscribed in pencil along left edge, in library officer's hand 'Fine Art Society Melbourne February 1939', inscribed in ink on reverse side (possibly in hand of W.H. Gill? c...
Date note
Dated from comparison with reproduction and description of printed exhibition invitation card in Topliss, Helen. Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonne. Melbourne, O.U.O. 1985, no. 714, p. 227. The dating is supported by notes of the April 20 exhibition in Table talk, 27 April 1888, p.2.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Titled from design and wording: 'There will be a/Studio-view on/on [i.e.] Friday/April 20th/ from 2 till 5 p.m./of some works/by Geo. Walton/F. McCubbin/Arthur Streeton/& Tom Roberts/at the rooms of/the last named/Grosvenor Chambers/Collins St Eas...
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired with the papers of William Henry Gill (MLMSS 285), February 1939
Pic.Acc.4444
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV*/Art/59
Record Identifier
nV2qyBgn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qyBgn
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Reference code
853304
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