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Details
- Other Title
- The bribe
- Date
- circa 1893
- Media category
- Painting
- 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
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Arthur Alfred Burrington
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
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
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Bibliography
Referenced in 13 publications
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John E Branch, Picture study in schools – records of the Education Society, no 7, Sydney, 1913, pp 31–33, illus p 29.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 28, illus p 28.
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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'.
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Saturday Review, 'Picture Galleries', London, 04 Nov 1893, p 517.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales (report of trustees for the year 1896), Sydney, 1897, p 1.
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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.
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Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 27 Nov 1894, p 6.
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Bulletin, 'Society', Sydney, 23 Feb 1894, p 14.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 12, no 31.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 16, no 30.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 19, no 24.
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Victorian social conscience, Sydney, 1976, p 30, no 6.
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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.
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Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW 1896