Title
Dr Ross, father of the House
(1886-1888)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (1886-1888)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil on buff paper
- Dimensions
- 26.7 x 18.5 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "PHIL MAY". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1940
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6943
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Phil May
Works in the collection
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About
Dr Andrew Ross (1829-1910) was born in Scotland. An army surgeon, he arrived in Sydney in 1857 and subsequently served as an alderman and magistrate, district registrar for Births, Deaths and Marraiges, coroner and government advisor. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of NSW in 1880.
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 1 exhibition
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hendrik Kolenberg, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, 'Introduction', pg. 6-16, Sydney, 2005, 15, 80 (colour illus.).
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