Unknown
(Australia )
Kerry & Co
(Australia 1884–1917)
- Title
- Mrs Biddel's life-saving class
- Year
- 1884-1917
printed 1980 - Media
- Photograph
- Medium
- gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 29.7cm image; 29.4 x 35.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1982
- Accession number
- 108.1982
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Charles Kerry and the photographers at Kerry & Co. produced a succession of benchmark photographs around the turn of the nineteenth century that speak, even now, to the heart of the Australian experience. By 1898 Kerry's Sydney studio was the largest in the country, producing individual photographs, thematic albums and especially postcards for national and international distribution. 'Mrs Biddel's life-saving class' contains all the elements of the Kerry & Co. style: technical skill, compositional balance and a congratulatory tone.
- Bibliography (4)
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Ready Set Go! Sporting life and Australian art (2001), Louise Denoon (Australia) (Author), Global Arts Link (Australia), Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Critic's Choice (1994), Robert McFarlane (Australia, b.1942) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Fine and Mostly Sunny: Photographs from the collection (1991), Sandra Byron (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Charles Kerry Federation Australia (1981), Author Unknown (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Exhibition history (4)
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Charles Kerry Federation Australia, (01 Jan 1981–01 Feb 1981), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Ready, set, ... go! Sporting life and Australian art, (18 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001), at Global Arts Link (Australia), Cnr Limestone and Nicholas Streets Ipswich Queensland 4305.
Critic's Choice, (22 Apr 1994–10 Jul 1994), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Fine and mostly sunny: photographs from the collection, (28 Sep 1991–01 Dec 1991), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.