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
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6032
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Alfred William Parsons
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 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
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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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, Look, 'Hidden treasures revealed', Sydney, May 2017-Jun 2017, pp 42–48: col illus p 45.
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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, Victorian watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p 11, no 28.
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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, 1924, p 107, no 173.
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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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Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887