Title
Mrs Biddel's life-saving class
1884-1917
printed 1980
Artists
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Details
- Dates
- 1884-1917
printed 1980 - Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 29.7 cm image; 29.4 x 35.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1982
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 108.1982
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Unknown
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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Kerry & Co
Works in the collection
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About
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.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Charles Kerry Federation Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jan 1981–01 Feb 1981
Fine and mostly sunny: photographs from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 Sep 1991–01 Dec 1991
Critic's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Apr 1994–10 Jul 1994
Ready, set, ... go! Sporting life and Australian art, Global Arts Link, Ipswich, 18 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Sandra Byron, Fine and Mostly Sunny: Photographs from the collection, Sydney, 1991.
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Robert McFarlane, Critic's Choice, Sydney, 1994. no catalogue numbers
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Amanda Smith, Ready Set Go! Sporting life and Australian art, 'Does sport matter', pg. 14-19, Ipswich, 2001, 14 (colour illus.), 15, 54.
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Author Unknown, Charles Kerry Federation Australia, Sydney, 1981. cat.no. 54
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