Title
Derwent Water, Lake District
(circa 1831)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Derwent Water
- Date
- (circa 1831)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and grey-brown ink, wash on sheet from sketchbook
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 18.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1986
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 297.1986
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Glover
Works in the collection
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About
This drawing is almost identical to another, 'Derwent Water', 1831, in a Glover sketchbook in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Derwent Water is a lake near Keswick in England's Lake District.
excerpt from Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, '19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels in the Gallery's collection', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
John Glover 1767-1849, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra, 30 Sep 1986–28 Oct 1986
Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Jul 1995–17 Sep 1995
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
Themes and Variations: Australian drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 17 Oct 2008–30 Nov 2008
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Renée Free, Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Sydney, 1995, 6.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, 'Introduction', pg. 6-16, Sydney, 2005, 9, 24 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1997, 17 (illus.). cat.no. 1
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Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, 'An eye for Glover's nature', Sydney, 20 Oct 1986, 6.
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John McPhee, John Glover 1767-1849, Sydney, 1986, 16 (illus.). cat.no. 3
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