Collection
John Mather
(Scotland, Australia 1848–18 Feb 1916)
- Title
- Mosman's Bay
- Place of origin
-
Mosman →
Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1889
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour, white gouache
- Dimensions
-
39.0 x 54.0cm sight
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, brown watercolour "J. Mather 10.89".
- Credit
- Purchased 1890
- Accession number
- 4402
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
A ferry between Mosman's Bay on Sydney's North Shore and the city provided access for visitors to the popular artists' camp at Edwards Beach.
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
- Bibliography (5)
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Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Art Society of New South Wales Spring Exhibition Catalogue (1889) 1889, Sydney, 1889. cat.no. 132
George Galway, Fifty years of Australian art 1879-1929, New South Wales, 1929, 52 (illus.).
Kay Vernon, Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection 1990, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 89
Albie Thoms, Bohemians in the bush: the artists' camps of Mosman 1991, Sydney, 1991, 15 (colour illus.), 78. plate no. 5, cat.no. 54
Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection 2005, Domain, 2005, 91 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (4)
-
Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales (1889), Society Rooms, Union Chambers, Sydney, 1889 -
Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990
Bohemians in the bush: the artists' camps of Mosman, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Jun 1991–25 Aug 1991
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
