Kirribilli Point, by Tom Roberts
Kirribilli Point, by Tom Roberts
Kirribilli Point, by Tom Roberts
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
approximately 1898
Call Numbers
ML 1573 , Status: On display - Paintings from the Collection, Recent Acquisitions, Room 1, North Wall, no.304
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - wood panel 18 x 26 cm - oil on wood panel
Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
View of Kirribilli Point, ca. 1898, probably from Dawes Point, depicting the Pastoral Finance Association Wool Store (which opened in 1891), at left, and roof of Admiralty House, centre.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Kirribilli Point, by Tom Roberts
Variant title
Listed as Untitled. Kirribilli Point (?) [c. 1890-98] in Tom Roberts, 1856-1931 : a catalogue raisonée / Helen Topliss. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985 (catalogue no. 284).
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned.
'C. Condor' and 'Char[?] Condor' inscribed verso of wood panel.
Inscription on backing board of frame '4 Masted schooner - probably American, ca. 1895, off Kirribilli Point, Dalgety Wool Store lower left, destroyed by fire c. 1926'.
Deutscher and Hackett printed label 'dh210846' attached verso of frame.
Date note
Undated. Dated ca. 1898 by Mitchell Librarian, State Library of New South Wales, in December 2021, based on comparison with body of work relating to Sydney Harbour produced by the artist in the late 1890s. Dated ca. 1895 by auction house based on inscription on backing board of frame.
Object History
Provenance:
Mr H. L Johnstone.
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 7 March 1969, lot 26 (as ‘Sydney Harbour, c.1880’).
Private collection, Adelaide.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, Adelaide.
Exhibited in Exhibition of Past Australian Painters Lent From Private South Australian Collections, Adelaide Festival of Arts, John Martin &...
Published information
Catalogue no. 284 in Tom Roberts, 1856-1931 : a catalogue raisonée / Helen Topliss. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985 (Mitchell library call no. Q759.994/R647/1 SET).
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Deutscher and Hackett, Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional : Important Traditional Works of Art from a Private Collection, Adelaide + Selected Australian Fine Art, Lots 9-43, Melbourne, 8 December 2021, Lot 14.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1573 , Status: On display - Paintings from the Collection, Recent Acquisitions, Room 1, North Wall, no.304
Record Identifier
nZN28lJn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZN28lJn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9662620
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