Title
Mowing time
circa 1884
Artist
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Details
- Date
- circa 1884
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour and bodycolour
- Dimensions
- 59.4 x 45.6 cm image/sheet; 84.0 x 70.0 x 5.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., "ALFRED PARSONS.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1887
- Location
- Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 6032
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Alfred William Parsons
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 1884, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, 1884–1884
Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 21 Jun 1887–07 Jan 1888
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 19 publications
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Nicole Milette, Landscape-painter as landscape-gardener, the case of Alfred Parsons RA, 2 volumes. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Jan 1997, vol 2, p 397.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p 11, no 28.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 154–55, col illus p 155.
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Peter Raissis, Look, 'Hidden treasures revealed', Sydney, May 2017-Jun 2017, pp 42–48: col illus p 45.
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Tom Roberts, The Argus, no 14150, 'The National Art Gallery of New South Wales', Melbourne, 31 Oct 1891, p 4.
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 31.8.1880-4.8.1891, Sydney, 1880-1891, p 360 (29 Sep 1887).
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 85, no 178.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 68, no 13. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 71, no 16. 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 54, no 330.
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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 79, no 217.
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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 94, no 374.
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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 50.
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AGNSW archive 1k/1888, 02 Dec 1887.
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AGNSW archive 1b/1888, 21 Sep 1887.
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Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887, opened 21st June 1887. Official catalogue of the exhibits, Adelaide, 1887, p 72, no 138.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 103, no 148.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 115, no 152.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 107, no 173.
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Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887