Title
Studies of kangaroos
(1860)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Studies of a Kangaroo
- Place where the work was made
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Australia
- Date
- (1860)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour on ivory paper
- Dimensions
- 18.1 x 13.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- DA14.1962
- Copyright
- Artist information
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William Strutt
Works in the collection
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About
This is one of two studies of kangaroos in the Gallery's collection, for one of Strutt's finest watercolours, 'The haunt of the kangaroo' 1885, in the collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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
Australia
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Auction: Australiana: eminent and early Australian paintings, original and early lithographs, documents, convict relics, armour, etc. ... 12th-13th July, 1962, Leonard Joel, South Yarra, 12 Jul 1962–13 Jul 1962
Acquisitions 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Apr 1963–12 May 1963
Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980
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 4 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1962 Acquisitions, Sydney, 1963. cat.no. 48
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Jane de Teliga, Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 9.
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2005, 56, 57 (colour illus.).
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Leonard Joel, Auction: Australiana: eminent and early Australian paintings, original and early lithographs, documents, convict relics, armour, etc. ... 12th-13th July, 1962, Melbourne, 1962. lot no. 75
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