Title
Classical landscape
circa 1820
Artist
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Details
- Date
- circa 1820
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 149.2 x 240.1 cm stretcher; 183.5 x 276.7 x 9.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1975
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 59.1975
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Glover
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
The sixth exhibition of the Society of British Artists, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1829–1829
Painting in England 1799-1900, Christopher Gibbs Ltd, London, London, Dec 1973–Dec 1973
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 27 Nov 2003–01 Feb 2004
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 19 Feb 2004–12 Apr 2004
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 24 Apr 2004–18 Jul 2004
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 13 Aug 2004–03 Oct 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
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Christopher Gibbs Ltd, London, Painting in England 1799-1900, London, 1973. cat.no. 4
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 68 (illus.).
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David Hansen, John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Hobart, 2003, 66, 67 (colour illus.), 170 (colour illus.). cat.no. 38; titled 'A landscape with a Sybil's Temple: Composition'; dated 1816
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Terry Ingham, The Australian financial review, 'Saleroom', Sydney, 09 Aug 1979, 17 (illus.).
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Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 88. cat.no. 758
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John McPhee, The Art of John Glover, Melbourne, 1980, 85 (colour illus.). "Landscape with ruins and a distant view of the sea"
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John McPhee, John Glover, Launceston, 1977, 29 (illus.). cat.no. 24
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Bernard Rigby, Look, 'The Golden Section: a mysterious number that does something to our brains', pg. 8, Sydney, Mar 2002, 8 (colour illus.).
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Royal Society of British Artists, The sixth exhibition of the Society of British artists, 1829.
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Andrew Sayers, JMW Turner, 'Turner and the origins of landscape painting in Australia', Canberra, 1996, 205 (colour illus.).
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Vivienne Webb, Look, 'Colonial perspective', pg. 22-23, Melbourne, Apr 2001, 23 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Christopher Gibbs Ltd, London, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Christopher Gibbs Ltd, 1975