George Henry
(Scotland 14 Mar 1858–23 Dec 1943)
- Title
- Portrait of Hardy Wilson
- Year
- 1909
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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91.9 x 71.7cm stretcher
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated c.l., tan paint "George Henry 1909".
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Lachlan Hardy Wilson the sitter's son 1944
- Accession number
- 7408
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
William Hardy Wilson (1881-1955) was a famous Australian architect, designer, artist and author.
- Provenance (1)
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Lachlan Hardy Wilson (Australia, b.1916), Launceston/Tasmania/Australia, Gift of Dr Wilson, the sitter's son 1944
- Bibliography (4)
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Zeny Edwards (Author), William Hardy Wilson: artist, architect, orientalist, visionary, Sydney, 2001, 166 (illus.), 175 (illus.), 216 (colour illus.), 217, 235. illustrations on pages 166 and 175 are a 1912 photograph by Henry King of the painting hanging in Hardy Wilson's Darlinghurst apartment
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, 98. cat.no. 935
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 84 (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
- Exhibition history (2)
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Retrospective exhibition of the works of Hardy Wilson (1981), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Jan 1981–Feb 1981.
Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981.
