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Title
A bribe
circa 1893
Artist
Arthur Alfred Burrington
England
1856 - 10 Oct 1924
Details
Other Title
The bribe
Date
circa 1893
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
81.0 x 134.5 cm stretcher; 97.3 x 152.2 x 7.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.l., brown paint "Arthur Burrington". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1896
Location
Not on display
Accession number
727
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Arthur Alfred Burrington
A bribe
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Institute of painters in oil colours: 11th exhibition, Institute of painters in oil colours, London, 1893–1893
Tasmanian International Exhibition, Hobart 1894, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 15 Nov 1894–15 May 1895
Victorian social conscience, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Aug 1976–19 Sep 1976
Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW 1896
Referenced in 13 publications
Bibliography
John E Branch, Picture study in schools – records of the Education Society, no 7, Sydney, 1913, pp 31–33, illus p 29.
Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 28, illus p 28.
Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, p 60, no 310. As 'The bribe'.
International exhibition of industry, science and art, Queen’s Domain, Hobart, Tasmania, 1894–5: official catalogue of the exhibits, Hobart, [1894], p 56, no 37.
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 27 Nov 1894, p 6.
Bulletin, 'Society', Sydney, 23 Feb 1894, p 14.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 12, no 31.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 16, no 30.
National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 19, no 24.
Victorian social conscience, Sydney, 1976, p 30, no 6.
Saturday Review, 'Picture Galleries', London, 04 Nov 1893, p 517.
Institute of painters in oil colours: a catalogue of the 11th exhibition, containing illustrations by the artists, London, 1893-1894, p 15, no 142, illus p 45.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (report of trustees for the year 1896), Sydney, 1897, p 1.