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An image of The Haymakers by John Absolon

John Absolon

(England 1815–08 May 1879)

Title
The Haymakers
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
watercolour over pencil, touched with egg varnish
Dimensions

42.0 x 72.5cm; frame 68.0 x 98.5 x 5.0cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1952
Accession number
8657
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Jean Cotter, Purchased by the AGNSW from Jean Cotter 1952

Bibliography (1)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Rose Peel (Australia) (Author), Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Domain, 1993, 7. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (3)

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1952, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Mar 1953–24 May 1953.

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 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, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996.