Title
Valley of the ferns
1844-1848
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Valley of ferns, Hobart, Tasmania
Valley of Ferns, Hobart - Date
- 1844-1848
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour, opaque white gum, scraping out on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 59.2 cm sight; 71.6 x 90.1 x 4.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, brown watercolour "J.Skinner Prout". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1949
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 8272
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Skinner Prout
Works in the collection
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About
There are a number of watercolours by Skinner Prout of the same subject; it is also related to his lithograph 'Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington' in volume 1, part 2 of his series 'Tasmania illustrated' 1844.
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 12 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1949, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Dec 1949–17 Feb 1950
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 03 Mar 1972–03 Apr 1972
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 04 May 1972–04 Jun 1972
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 04 Jul 1972–04 Aug 1972
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 05 Sep 1972–01 Oct 1972
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Nov 1972–17 Dec 1972
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 17 Jan 1973–11 Feb 1973
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 01 Mar 1973–01 Apr 1973
Western European and Australian drawings XVI-XX century, from Australian museums, State Hermitage Museum, Russia, Dec 1978–Feb 1979
Fifteen decades of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Apr 1981–24 May 1981
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986
John Skinner Prout in Australia (1986), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 09 Nov 1986–01 Feb 1987
Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 09 Dec 1986–01 Feb 1987
Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Mar 1987–18 Apr 1987
Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 04 May 1987–17 Jun 1987
Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection (1991), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1991–07 Jul 1991
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Apr 1992–28 Jun 1992
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
Hobart Town rivulet: artists' impressions, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, 31 Oct 2008–28 Feb 2009
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Bibliography
Referenced in 14 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, 66 (colour illus.).
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Art Gallery of South Australia, The Australian landscape, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 10
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Tim Bonyhady, The colonial image: Australian painting 1800-1880, Canberra, 1987, 45 (colour illus.).
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Tony Brown and Marian Jameson, Hobart Town Rivulet artists' impressions, Hobart, 2008, 18 (colour illus.). cat.no. 5
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Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, Sydney, 1986, 8, 16 (illus.). cat.no. 2
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2005, 43 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Tony Brown, Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48, Hobart, 1986, 35. cat.no. 87
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Frances McCarthy, Ian North and Daniel Thomas AM, Australian landscape 1802-1975, 'The Australian Landscape', Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 10
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 1
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Ian North., Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, 'The Australian Landscape', Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 10
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Barry Pearce and Haruo Arikawa, Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 36, 46 (colour illus.), 183. cat.no. 8; in Japanese
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Barry Pearce, Fifteen decades of Australian paintings, Sydney, 1981, (colour illus.). not paginated
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Anne Ryan, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Colonial eyes', pg. 17-18, Sydney, 2000, 18, 24 (colour illus.), 301.
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Bernard William Smith, European vision and the South Pacific, 1768-1850: a study in the history of art and ideas, Oxford, 1960, (illus.). plate no. 145
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