Briton Rivière

(England 1840–1920)

Title

Requiescat

Year

1888

Media

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

158.7 x 225.0cm stretcher; 191.5 x 250.8 x 10.0cm frame

Signature & date

Signed and dated l.l., black paint "18 BR 88"

Credit

Purchased 1897-8

Accession number

811

Location

19th c European art

Provenance

Briton Rivière (England, b.1840, d.1920), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1897-1898

Bibliography (4)

British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections (1997), Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), The Beagle Press (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook (1988), Annabel Davie (Editor), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings (1987), Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Art Journal (1891), Author Unknown (Author).

Exhibition history (4)

World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, (01 May 1893–30 Oct 1893), at Jackson Park, Chicago (United States of America).

Tasmanian International Exhibition, Hobart 1894, (15 Nov 1894–15 May 1895), at Exhibition Venue Unknown.

Royal Academy of Arts, 1888, (1888–1888), at Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768), London England.

Collection