Unknown
(Australia)
Kerry & Co
(Australia 1884–1917)
- Title
- Mrs Biddel's life-saving class
- Year
- 1884-1917
printed 1980 - Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned
- Dimensions
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25.0 x 29.7cm image; 29.4 x 35.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1982
- Accession number
- 108.1982
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Charles Kerry and the photographers at Kerry & Co. produced a succession of benchmark photographs around the turn of the nineteenth century that speak, even now, to the heart of the Australian experience. By 1898 Kerry's Sydney studio was the largest in the country, producing individual photographs, thematic albums and especially postcards for national and international distribution. 'Mrs Biddel's life-saving class' contains all the elements of the Kerry & Co. style: technical skill, compositional balance and a congratulatory tone.
- Bibliography (4)
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Louise Denoon (Australia) (Author), Ready Set Go! Sporting life and Australian art, Ipswich, 2001, 14 (colour illus.), 15, 54.
Robert McFarlane (Australia, b.1942) (Author), Critic's Choice, Sydney, 1994. no catalogue numbers
Sandra Byron (Australia) (Author), Fine and Mostly Sunny: Photographs from the collection, Sydney, 1991.
Author Unknown (Author), Charles Kerry Federation Australia, Sydney, 1981. cat.no. 54
- Exhibition history (4)
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Charles Kerry Federation Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Jan 1981–01 Feb 1981.
Fine and mostly sunny: photographs from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 28 Sep 1991–01 Dec 1991.
Critic's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Apr 1994–10 Jul 1994.
Ready, set, ... go! Sporting life and Australian art, Global Arts Link, 18 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001.
