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An image of The magpie by Myles Birket Foster

Myles Birket Foster

(England 1825–1899)

Title
The magpie
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
watercolour and bodycolour
Dimensions

20.3 x 27.9cm image; 22.0 x 29.1cm sheet; 43.0 x 54.0 x 3.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r., "BF [artist's monogram]". Not dated.
Credit
Bequest of Albert and Katey Nathan 1941
Accession number
7147
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Albert and Katey Nathan, Bequest of Albert and Katie Nathan 1941

Bibliography (2)

Renée Free and Rose Peel, Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper 1993, Domain, 1993, 8. no catalogue numbers

Peter Raissis, Victorian Watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales 2000, Domain, 2000. cat.no. 18

Exhibition history (4)

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993

British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996

Victorian Childhood, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Feb 1999–19 Mar 1999

Victorian watercolours: selections from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Jul 2000–27 Aug 2000