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An image of Hillside cottage by Helen Allingham

Helen Allingham

(England 1848–1926)

Title
Hillside cottage
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
watercolour and scraping out
Dimensions

32.2 x 32.0cm sheet; 57.5 x 51.5 x 3.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r., "H. Allingham". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1889
Accession number
1051
Location
Not on display
Provenance (2)

Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Fine Art Society 1889

Sir Thomas L. Devitt (England)

Bibliography (5)

Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Victorian Watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000. cat.no. 1

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Rose Peel (Australia) (Author), Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Domain, 1993, 7. no catalogue numbers

Dennis Colsey (Australia) (Author), Hand and eye - a survey of artists materials and techniques: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970, Sydney, 1969, (illus.). cat.no. 56

Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876), On the Surrey border, 1889. cat.no. 7

Art Journal 1888, 1888, 198.

Exhibition history (6)

On the Surrey border, Fine Art Society PLC, 1889–1889.

Hand and eye - a survey of artists' materials and techniques: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970, Various venues, 1970–1970.

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993.

British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996.

Victorian Childhood, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Feb 1999–19 Mar 1999.

Victorian Watercolours: selections from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Jul 2000–27 Aug 2000.