Title
On the Timbarra - Reek's and Allen's sluicing claim
(circa 1894)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Dredging in the Clarence (Reek’s)
On the Timbarra-Reek’s and Allen’s Sluicing Claim
Gold Digger - Place where the work was made
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Tenterfield
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- (circa 1894)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 66.0 x 103.0 cm board; 99.0 x 135.3 x 8.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, brown oil "Tom Roberts". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OA19.1961
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tom Roberts
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1896), Cliff Gallery, Sydney, 05 Sep 1896 -
Exhibition and sale of paintings by Tom Roberts, previous to his leaving Australia., Society of Artists, Sydney, 14 Nov 1900 -
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, , 1968–1969
Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1976–1977
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986
L'Été australien à Montpellier, Musee Fabre, France, 30 Jun 1990–13 Sep 1990
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Bibliography
Referenced in 15 publications
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Susan Bruce, A treasury of Australian bush painting, Adelaide, 1979, (colour illus.). plate no. 26
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Dennis Colsey and Hal Missingham, One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 4, 5 (illus.). cat.no. 3; dated circa 1895
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Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, Sydney, 1986, 21 (illus.). cat.no. 10
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Robert Lindsay., Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, 'Tom Roberts', Sydney, 1976, (colour illus.). cat.no. 11; dated circa 1895-1896; not paginated
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Patrick McCarthy, Bailed up: the story behind the painting, ‘Tom Roberts, Bushranging and Bailed Up’, pg. 45-90, Sydney, 2006, 76, 77 (colour illus.).
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New South Wales Society of Artists, The Society of Artists Second Spring Exhibition, Sydney, Sep 1896, 4. titled ‘On the Timbarra-Reek’s and Allen’s Sluicing Claim’; cat.no. 13; priced £26.5.0
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Terry Smith, Transformations in Australian art: The nineteenth century - landscape, colony and nation [Volume One], 'The divided meaning of 'Shearing the Rams': artists and nationalism, 1888-1895', pg. 66-106, St Leonards, 2002, 99.
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Virginia Spate, Tom Roberts, Melbourne, 1978, 62 (colour illus.), 70, 148. plate no. 18
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William Splatt and Susan Bruce, 100 masterpieces of Australian landscape painting, Melbourne, 1986, 122, 123 (colour illus.). plate no. 58
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Daniel Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Tom Roberts', pg. 466-487, Sydney, Jul 1969, 474 (illus.).
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, 131. cat.no. 219
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 2 - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, (colour illus.). titled 'On the Timbarra-Reek’s and Allen’s Sluicing Claim’; plate.no. 219
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Helen Topliss, Seeing the first Australians, 'Tom Roberts' Aboriginal portraits', pg. 110-136, Sydney, 1985, 110, 124, 126 (illus.). plate no. 8.16
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Exhibition and sale of paintings by Tom Roberts, previous to his leaving Australia., Sydney, Nov 1900. titled 'Dredging in the Clarence (Reek’s)'; cat.no. 25; priced 20 guineas
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Editor Unknown (Editor), The artists 1993: Australian old master painters, Gosford, 1993, (colour illus.). Illustration featured for the month of June, 1993; not paginated.
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