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An image of Lady in black by John Longstaff

John Longstaff

(Australia 1862–01 Oct 1941)

Title
Lady in black
Other titles:
Portrait study
A portrait study
Year
1893
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

195.5 x 100.3cm stretcher; 217.6 x 123.5 x 7.0cm frame:

0 - Whole; 192 x 98cm; SIGHT DIMENSION

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., oil "J Longstaff. 1893".
Credit
Purchased 1896
Accession number
991
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (10)

John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation, Sydney, 2008, 502 (colour illus.), 504.

Nina Murdoch (Author), Portrait in Youth of Sir John Longstaff (1861-1941), North Ryde, 1948, 121-125.

William Moore (Australia, b.1868, d.1937) (Author), The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 1), Sydney, 1934, 191, 194 (illus.).

Daily telegraph 12 Jan 1922, 12 Jan 1922. page no. unknown

'25 Years of Australian Art' by Lionel Lindsay, Art in Australia [vol. 1, no. 4] 1918, 1918. not paginated

'John Longstaff' by Bertram Stevens, Art in Australia [vol. 1, no. 2] 1917, 1917, (colour illus.). not paginated

‘National Art Gallery: The Australian Court’ by Julian Ashton., Daily telegraph 27 Sep 1905, 27 Sep 1905, unknown. titled 'A Portrait Study'

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, Sydney, 1899, 49 (sepia illus.). cat.no. 263, Oil Paintings-Australian, titled 'A Portrait Study'

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1893, Sydney, 1893, Supplement. cat.no. 467, titled 'Portrait Study'

Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 1.9.1891-4.5.1898 1891-1898, 1891-1898, 3 September 1896.

Exhibition history (2)

Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1896), Cliff Gallery, 05 Sep 1896 -.

Sir John Longstaff: portrait of a lady, Shepparton Art Museum, 18 Feb 2012–22 Apr 2012.