Title

Valley of the ferns

1844-1848

Artist

John Skinner Prout

England, Australia

19 Dec 1805 – 29 Sep 1876

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

Reproduction requests

Artist information

John Skinner Prout
Works in the collection

31

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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
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
Bibliography
Referenced in 14 publications
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, 66 (colour illus.).
- Art Gallery of South Australia, The Australian landscape, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 10
- Tim Bonyhady, The colonial image: Australian painting 1800-1880, Canberra, 1987, 45 (colour illus.).
- Tony Brown and Marian Jameson, Hobart Town Rivulet artists' impressions, Hobart, 2008, 18 (colour illus.). cat.no. 5
- 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
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2005, 43 (colour illus.).
- Hendrik Kolenberg and Tony Brown, Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48, Hobart, 1986, 35. cat.no. 87
- Frances McCarthy, Ian North and Daniel Thomas AM, Australian landscape 1802-1975, 'The Australian Landscape', Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 10
- Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 1
- 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
- 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
- Barry Pearce, Fifteen decades of Australian paintings, Sydney, 1981, (colour illus.). not paginated
- Anne Ryan, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Colonial eyes', pg. 17-18, Sydney, 2000, 18, 24 (colour illus.), 301.
- 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