Title
Fog, Thames Embankment
1884
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Thames scene
Barges on the Thames - Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Date
- 1884
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 13.1 x 21.7 cm board; 31.6 x 46.0 x 4.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Gleeson O'Keefe Foundation 2008
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 1.2008
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tom Roberts
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
London
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Buxton's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 17 Aug 1889 -
Moonrise: an exhibition of Australian nocturne and twilight landscapes of the turn of the century, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Dec 1973–Jan 1974
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 05 Oct 1996–17 Nov 1996
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1997–01 Jun 1997
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 11 Jun 1997–27 Jul 1997
Sotheby's: Australian and international art including works from the Ted Lustig collection, Sotheby's Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, 21 Nov 2006 -
Tom Roberts Retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 04 Dec 2015–28 Mar 2016
Australia's Impressionists, National Gallery, London, London, 07 Dec 2016–26 Mar 2017
She-oak and sunlight: Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 02 Apr 2021–22 Aug 2021
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 19 publications
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Art Gallery of Ballarat, Moonrise: an exhibition of Australian nocturne and twilight landscapes of the turn of the century, 'Moonrise: an exhibition of Australian nocturne and twilight landscapes of the turn of the century', Ballarat, 1973. titled 'Thames scene'; cat.no. 39; not paginated
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Leigh Astbury, Sunlight and shadow: Australian impressionist painters 1880-1900, Rushcutters Bay, 1989, 88 (colour illus.), 89. titled 'Thames scene'; plate no. 64
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Maurice Brodzky (Editor), Table talk, 'Art and artists', pg. 4, Melbourne, 23 Aug 1889, 4. Review of the '9 x 5 Exhibition of Impressions', with list of patrons who acquired works from the exhibition, including Professor Jenks who purchased 'Fog, Thames Embankment'.
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Basil Burdett, The West Australian, 'An artist's mountain retreat: How Arthur Streeton rose to fame', pg. 7, Perth, 08 Jun 1940, 7.
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Jane Clark, Golden summers: Heidelberg and beyond, 'The 9x5 impression exhibition, 1889', pg. 112-117, Melbourne, 1985, 118 (colour illus.). titled 'Thames scene'
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Mary Eagle, The oil paintings of Tom Roberts in the National Gallery of Australia, Parkes, 1997, 13.
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Anna Gray, Tom Roberts, 'Harmonic arrangements: Tom Roberts' painting' Anne Gray, pg. 31-60, Canberra, 2015, 35, 39, 51, 112 (colour illus.), 113, 275, 349. cat.no.10
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Humphrey McQueen, Tom Roberts, Sydney, 1996, 533.
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Barry Pearce, Look, 'Exciting acquisition: A tiny Tom Roberts with a big history', pg. 17-19, Sydney, Jun 2008, 17 (colour illus.), 19.
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Ron Radford, Humphrey McQueen, Mary Eagle, Virginia Spate, Daniel Thomas AM, Jane Hylton, Barry Pearce, Leigh Astbury, Helen Topliss, Roger Arthur Butler and Jane Hylton, Tom Roberts, Adelaide, 1996, 67 (colour illus.), 194 (illus.). titled 'Thames scene'
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Christopher Riopelle, Australia's impressionists, 'Australia's impressionists in a world context', pg. 11-18, London, 2016, 11, 12, 64 (colour illus.), 65, 110, 124, 127. cat.no. 2
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Sotheby's Australia, Sotheby's Australian and International art, including works from the Ted Lustig collection, Melbourne 21 November 2006, Melbourne, 2006, 46, 47 (colour illus.). titled 'Thames scene'; lot no. 21 NOTE: Work was withdrawn from sale
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Virginia Spate, Tom Roberts, Melbourne, 1978, 24, 27 (colour illus.), 30, 161. plate no. 3
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Virginia Spate, Tom Roberts, Melbourne, 1972, 24, 27 (colour illus.), 30, 161. plate no. 3
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Katrina Strickland, The Australian financial review, 'Gleeson adds to his lasting impressions', pg. 7, Sydney, 11 Mar 2008, 7 (illus.). Photograph of Senior Curator of Australian Art, Barry Pearce, with the painting.
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 2 - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, (colour illus.). plate no. 11
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, 88. titled 'Thames scene'; cat.no. 41
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A.L. Windsor (Editor), Age, 'An Impression exhibition', pg. 15, Melbourne, 17 Aug 1889, 15.
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Author Unknown, 9 x 5: Exhibition of Impressions, Melbourne, 1889. titled 'Fog, Thames Embankment; cat.no. 1; priced 1 guinea; not paginated
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