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An image of The Gordon Riots, 1780 by Seymour Lucas

Seymour Lucas

(England 1849–1923)

Title
The Gordon Riots, 1780
Year
1879
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

126.8 x 184.0cm

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., brown paint "Seymour Lucas 1879".
Credit
Purchased 1879
Accession number
920
Location
Not on display
Further information

An episode during the Gordon 'No Popery Riots' in London 2nd June, 1780

Provenance (1)

Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Sydney International Exhibition, 17 September 1879 - 20 April 1880.

Bibliography (9)

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, 126. cat.no. 1381

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 116, 117 (illus.).

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Author), Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Sydney, 1979.

Art Journal Dec 1909, Dec 1909, 29.

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906, Sydney, 1906.

Magazine of Art 1899, 1899, 39. illustration of drawing now in Anne S.K. Brown Military collection

Magazine of Art 1888, 1888, 6.

Art Journal 1887, 1887, 67, 69.

Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), The Royal Academy of Arts, 1879, London, 1879. cat.no. 25

Exhibition history (3)

Royal Academy of Arts, 1879, Royal Academy of Arts, 1879–1879.

Sydney International Exhibition (1879-80), The Garden Palace, 17 Sep 1879–20 Apr 1880.

Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 24 Sep 1979–24 Nov 1979.