A Henry Fullwood
(Australia 15 Mar 1863–01 Oct 1930)
Reflections
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
According to Geoffrey Fullwood, the artist's son, the young woman in the foreground of this pastel is his mother, Clyda Blanche Fullwood. Henry Fullwood married Clyda in 1896. She was a pianist and the daughter of the Sydney photographer John Herbert Newman. In this pastel she is about 20 to 22 years of age.
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
- Place of origin
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Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- 1898
- Media
- Pastel
- Medium
- pastel on brown laid paper
- Dimensions
- 97.5 x 67.5cm sheet; 131.0 x 101.0 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, brown pastel "A Hy. Fullwood/ .../ 98".
- Credit
- Purchased 1898
- Accession number
- 5698
