Title
Govett's Gorge, looking towards the valley of the Grose, New South Wales
1879
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Falls, Govett's Leap
(The falls, Govett's Leap) - Date
- 1879
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour
- Dimensions
- 67.0 x 47.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., "C.E. Hern 1879".
- Credit
- Purchased 1880
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9948
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Charles Edward Hern
Works in the collection
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About
In a letter in the archive (24/1880) the artist refers to this work as 'The Brink of the Falls, Govett's Leap'
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Sydney International Exhibition (1879-80), The Garden Palace, , 17 Sep 1879–20 Apr 1880
World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Jackson Park, Chicago, , 01 May 1893–30 Oct 1893
Australian art in the 1870s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Jun 1976–02 Aug 1976
Australian art in the 1870s, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 28 Oct 1976–21 Nov 1976
Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ultimo, 24 Sep 1979–24 Nov 1979
Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection (1991), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1991–07 Jul 1991
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Hendrik Kolenberg., Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection, 'Introduction', Sydney, 1991. not paginated, cat.no. 31
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Patricia McDonald, Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, 'Art at the Garden Palace', pg. 25-29, Sydney, 1979, 41.
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Daniel Thomas AM, Australian art in the 1870s, 'Introduction', pg.4-6, Sydney, 1976, 24. no. 91
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Natalie Wilson, Selling a nation: Australian artists at International Exhibitions [M.A., University of Sydney], 'Organisation of the New South Wales display in Chicago', pg.18-45, Sydney, 2001, between 26-27 (colour illus.), 27. figure no. 12
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World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: Catalogue of the exhibits in the New South Wales Courts, 'Department K - fine arts, painting, sculpture, architecture and decoration. Grou, p 141, Sydney, 1893, 440. cat.no. 9; section 1191 as 'Govett's Leap' by C. Ettern. Incorrectly attributed
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