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An image of Mount Etna from the Greek Theatre, Taormina, Sicily by John MacWhirter

John MacWhirter

(Scotland 1893–1911)

Title
Mount Etna from the Greek Theatre, Taormina, Sicily
Year
1890
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

121.5 x 190.7cm stretcher; 166.5 x 235.8 x 11.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r., brown paint "MacW". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of D.P. McEwen 1899
Accession number
6098
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

D.P. McEwen, Gift of D.P. McEwen 1899

Bibliography (5)

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 129. cat.no. 1412

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 122 (illus.).

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). no catalogue numbers

Art Annual Dec 1903, Dec 1903, 11 (illus.).

Art Journal 1890, 1890, 156.

Exhibition history (2)

Royal Academy of Arts, 1890, Royal Academy of Arts, 1890–1890.

Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981.