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Title
A glimpse of the Clyde from above Helensburgh
1883
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Other Title
A glimpse of the Clyde, Helensburgh
Date
1883
Materials used
watercolour and scraping out over traces of pencil
Dimensions
92.0 x 61.5 cm image/sheet (sheet lined onto a secondary support sheet which is wrapped around a wooden strainer); 117.0 x 87.5 x 10.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., ".../ ALFRED EAST 1883".
Credit
Purchased 1899
Location
Not on display
Accession number
4551
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Sir Alfred East
A glimpse of the Clyde from above Helensburgh
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, New Society of Painters in Water-Colours, London, 1884–1884
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993
British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996
Victorian watercolours: selections from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Jul 2000–27 Aug 2000
Provenance
Mrs S A Joseph, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW in Sydney in 1899
Referenced in 14 publications
Bibliography
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Sydney, 1993, p 8.
Victorian watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p 10, no 10.
Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 76–77, col ills p 77.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 92, no 97.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 76, no 97.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 71, no 41. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 76, no 46. Revised editions 1908, 1910, 1912.
Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, published by the Trustees, Sydney, 1899, p 62, no 436.
Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 132 (21 July 1899).
Glasgow Herald, no 176, Glasgow, 24 Jul 1884, p 6. 'The Royal Institute of Water-Colours'
The Magazine of Art, London, May 1884, pp xxix–xxxii: p xxx. 'Art in May'
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. A catalogue of the 66th exhibition containing 89 illustrations by the artists, London, 1884, p 27, no 365, illus np.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 113, no 136.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 93, no 91. Revised edition 1926.