Title
The Butter Tower of Rouen Cathedral
1879
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- The Butter Tower of the Cathedral, Rouen
The Butter Tower of the Cathedral at Rouen
Rouen, the 'Butter Tower' of the Cathedral - Date
- 1879
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour and bodycolour with gum, pen and ink, over pencil underdrawing
- Dimensions
- 114.3 x 78.0 cm image/sheet (lined on paper and canvas and wrapped around stretcher); 151.0 x 114.5 x 10.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., "T. C. Dibdin 1879".
- Credit
- Purchased 1879
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 5777
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Thomas Colman Dibdin
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Sydney International Exhibition (1879-80), The Garden Palace, , 17 Sep 1879–20 Apr 1880
Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ultimo, 24 Sep 1979–24 Nov 1979
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
Victorian watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Jun 2017–03 Dec 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 25 publications
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Renée Free and Rose Peel, Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Sydney, 1993, p 7.
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Renée Free, Patricia McDonald, Linda Young and John Wade, Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Sydney, 1979, p 39.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p 10, no 8.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 68–69, col illus p 69.
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the New South Wales Academy of Art: minutes 1878-80, Sydney, 1878-1880, pp 491, 493.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 75, no 58. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 79, no 60, illus p 79. Revised editions 1908, 1910, 1912.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, published by the Trustees, Sydney, 1899, p 61, no 424.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (with illustrations) drawn by E L Montefiore, director, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1893, p 95, no 284.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, (with illustrations), drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq (President of Trustees) and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1891, p 71, no 273.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1888, p 62, no 56.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1886, p 49, no 39.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1884, p 40, no 9.
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Catalogue of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, with 94 illustrations drawn by E L Montefiore, Esa, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1883, p 35, no 9.
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Brisbane Courier, Brisbane, 10 Feb 1880, p 3. 'Sydney International Exhibition. Notes in the Art Gallery – British court II'
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The Sydney Mail, vol 28, no 1014, Sydney, 13 Dec 1879, p1037. ' The Exhibition – The Art Gallery'
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The Australasian, vol 27, no 714, Melbourne, 06 Dec 1879, pp 6–7: p 7. 'Fine Arts. Sydney International Exhibition. Fine arts collection. English water colour drawings'
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Sydney International Exhibition: Official catalogue of exhibits, Sydney, 1879, p 455. "Does not require any special mention"
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Descriptive catalogue of pictures, &c., in the art gallery of the International Exhibition Sydney, 1879–80, Sydney, [circa 1879], p 18, no 16. British court. Water-colour drawings.
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Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. Official catalogue of the British section, London, [1879], p 22, no 192. Water colour drawings, etc.
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Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. Official catalogue of the Art Gallery, Sydney, 1880, p 26, no 16. British court, class 407
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 109, no 121.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 89, no 75. Revised edition 1926.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 88, no 81.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 73, no 81.
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Provenance
Purchased by the AGNSW in 1879, Sydney International Exhibition.