Title
Bringing in the dinner
1889
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- 1889
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour, white gouache
- Dimensions
- 31.4 x 23.7 cm sheet; 54.8 x 47.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., brown watercolour "R. Atkinson ... 89/ ...".
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 252.2004
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Robert Atkinson
Works in the collection
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About
This watercolour gives a rare glimpse of daily life at one of the artists' camps on Sydney Harbour in the 1880s. The figure in the watercolour may be 'Old Ben', a retired sea captain who was the camp's caretaker and cook. Old Ben was also painted by a number of other artists, including AJ Daplyn and Julian Ashton. A small portrait study in watercolour is on the verso.
excerpt from Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, '19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels in the Gallery's collection', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 2005, Sydney, 2005, 18. 63.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, 'Introduction', pg. 6-16, Sydney, 2005, 12, 94 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Australian images from the past: whether rarely seen or familiar, these works move and delight us', pg. 24-27, Sydney, Apr 2005, 27.
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