Title
Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land
1838
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1838
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 78.0 x 115.6 cm stretcher; 106.0 x 143.5 x 14 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. verso, pen and black ink ".../ J. Glover 1838".
- Credit
- Purchased with assistance from Mr and Mrs J K Bain 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 48.1985
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Glover
Works in the collection
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About
The 33-year war between pakana (Tasmanian
Aboriginal people) and colonisers was nearing its end
when English artist John Glover emigrated to lutruwita
/ Tasmania in 1831. He arrived while the colony was
under martial law following Lieutenant-Governor
George Arthur’s 1828 proclamation for pakana to be
removed from their lands ‘by whatever means a severe
and inevitable necessity may dictate’.Glover befriended George Augustus Robinson,
bricklayer-turned-missionary and self-proclaimed
‘Protector of the Aborigines’. Glover likely supported
Robinson’s conciliation endeavours and later systematic
removal of remaining pakana to nearby Vansittart Island
– a history that Julie Gough references in her nearby
work Dark Valley, Van Diemen’s Land 2008.This painting is one of Glover’s most important and
subjective works, depicting pakana in the landscape
he believed was theirs unaffected by colonisation. He
paints pakana in the manicured, park-like plains that
existed prior to his arrival – evidence of long-term
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Bazaar and exhibition of pictures, Cornwell Assembly Rooms, , 11 Mar 1851–26 Apr 1851
Exhibition of works of art, Launceston Mechanics Institute, , 09 Apr 1860–24 May 1860
John Glover from the collection of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, The Little Gallery, , 09 Jul 1971–30 Jul 1971
Art Treasures of Olympic Cities, Lausanne Olympic Museum, , 22 Jun 1993–03 Oct 1993
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
Australian Collection Focus: John Glover Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land 1838, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Apr 2001–24 Jun 2001
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Bibliography
Referenced in 36 publications
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Erica Burgess, John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, 'Glover's oil paintings: materials and techniques', pg. 242-247, Hobart, 2003, 223 (colour illus.), 242 (colour illus. of verso of canvas), 243. titled 'Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land'; dated 1838
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE, I blame Duchamp: my life's adventures in art, 'John Bull and the Little Boy at Manly', pg. 321-333, Sydney, 2009, 328.
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE, 10 Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Sydney, 1993, (colour illus.).
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Robyn Donohue, Look, 'Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Australian Photography', pg. 22-23, Heidelberg, Oct 1998, 23.
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Terry Ingram, A matter of taste: investing in Australian art, Sydney, 1976, (colour illus.). plate no. 3
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Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. 102-181, Sydney, 1999, 104 (colour illus.).
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Bruce James, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'The big idyll', pg. 12-13 (Spectrum), Sydney, 12 May 2001-13 May 2001, 12, 13 (colour illus.). NOTE: this article appears in Spectrum, pg. 12-13.
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David Leser., The Australian, 'Masterpiece of poetic justice', Sydney, 05 Nov 1985, page unknown (illus.). Article about purchase of work with b&s photograph of Curator of Australian Art, Barry Pearce, standing in front of painting
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Elwyn Lynn (Editor), Art and Australia (Vol. 23, No. 2), Sydney, Summer 1985, 190 (colour illus.).
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Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, ' An eye for Glover's nature', Sydney, 20 Oct 1986, 6.
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Terence Maloon and Ursula Prunster, Art & the West, 'Destruction & creation: The frontier', Sydney, 1987, (colour illus.). AUS 2 card.
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Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art (Vol.1, A-K), Hawthorn East, 1984, (illus.). illus.no. 5
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Ewen McDonald, AGNSW Collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 10 (colour illus.).
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Patricia McDonald, Art treasures: candidate citites for the 2000 Olympic Games: Beijing, Berlin, Brasilia, Istanbul, Manchester, Sydney, 'Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land', pg. 160, Lausanne, 1993, 160, 161 (colour illus.). cat.no. 1 Sydney
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Barry Pearce, Southern reflections: 10 contemporary Australian artists, 'An Introduction to Australian Art', pg. 34-42, Sydney, 1998, 35 (colour illus.). fig.no. 3
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Barry Pearce, Look, 'A quiet love affair: private passion over 33 years gives birth to a book', pg. 26-29, Sydney, Sep 2014, 29 (colour illus.).
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Barry Pearce, Look, 'A question of balance: How it is bringing changes to the old courts and beyond', pg. 28-29, Sydney, Sep 2009, 29 (colour illus.).
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Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian', pg. 13-35, Sydney, 1988, 14-15 (colour illus.).
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Laura Pia, Look, 'Seeing art takes more than looking: Audio description tours now at the Gallery', pg. 12-13, Sydney, Jul 2009, 13.
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Ursula Prunster, Look, 'Image and identity: the perennial question of Australian identity features in the Gallery's 2001 lecture series', pg. 10-11, Melbourne, Dec 2000-Jan 2001, 11 (colour illus.).
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Ursula Prunster, Aspects of Australian art, Sydney, 2000, (colour illus.). card no. 1: John Glover 'Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land' 1838
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Julie Roberts, Uncertain ground: essays between art + nature, 'The edge of the trees at the end of the millennium', pg. 125-141, Sydney, 1999, 129 (illus.), 130.
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Joan Ross, Look, 'The art that made me', Sydney, Mar 2018-Apr 2018, 22 (colour illus.).
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Anne Ryan, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Colonial eyes', pg. 17-18, Sydney, 2000, 18, 23 (colour illus.), 300.
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John Saxby (Editor), Look, 'The art that made me: Reg Mombassa', Sydney, Nov 2015, 13 (colour illus.).
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Jill Sykes, Look, 'Barry Pearce’s next book-call it "segueing with intent"', pg. 28-29, Sydney, Mar 2012, 28 (colour illus.), 29.
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Wayne Tunnicliffe and Deborah Edwards, Look, 'New Australia', pg. 24-27, Sydney, May 2012, 25.
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Karl Rawdon von Stieglitz, A history of Hamilton, Ouse and Gretna, Launceston, 1963, (illus.).
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Vivienne Webb, Look, 'Colonial perspective', pg. 22-23, Melbourne, Apr 2001, 22 (colour illus.), 23.
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Vivienne Webb, Australian Collection Focus: John Glover Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land 1838, 'The Woods of Arcady are dead...', pg. 2-6, Sydney, 2001, front cover (colour illus., detail), 2-4, 5 (colour illus.), 6-8.
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Judith White, Look, 'Olympians of Australian art', pg. 16-18, Melbourne, Jul 2000, 17 (colour illus.).
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Judith White, art lovers: the story of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1953-2013, 'Chapter 3: Changing of the guard 1972-1979', pp. 65-84, Sydney, 2013, 70.
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Anne Woodham, Look, 'Location, location, location', Sydney, Nov 2016-Dec 2016, 22 (colour illus.).
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Editor Unknown (Editor), The Australian financial review, 'Cattle in a swam, p -, Sydney, 14 Mar 1974, 30.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), The Australian financial review, '$2,000 per native - one way of pricing a Glover', pg. 36, 42., Sydney, 21 Mar 1974, 36.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph, 'Glover toast of gallery', Sydney, 05 Nov 1985, page unknown (illus.). Article about purchase of work with b&s photograph of Curator of Australian Art, Barry Pearce, standing in front of painting
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