Title
Arts as applied to war
1884
Artists
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Details
- Date
- 1884
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour over pencil underdrawing
- Dimensions
- 36.7 x 85.4 cm (semi-circle) image; 39.0 x 88.5 cm (semi-circle) sheet; 59.0 x 108.0 x 5.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated middle r. on grey lintel, "...G. Morton. 1884.".
- Credit
- Purchased 1884
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 1093
- Copyright
- Artist information
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George Morton
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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after Frederic, Lord Leighton
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975
Victorian Olympians, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993
British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996
Victorian watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Jun 2017–03 Dec 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 21 publications
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Renée Free and Rose Peel, Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Sydney, 1993, p 9.
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Renée Free and Peter Laverty, Victorian Olympians, Sydney, 1975, p 19, no 20, illus p 59.
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Richard J. Ormond, Leighton’s frescoes in the Victorian and Albert Museum, London, 1975, p 19.
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Peter Raissis, Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 142, 144, col illus pp 143 (detail), 144.
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 31.8.1880-4.8.1891, Sydney, 1880-1891, p 192 (5 May 1884).
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 69, no 23. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, published by the Trustees, Sydney, 1899, p 54, no 323.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (with illustrations) drawn by E L Montefiore, director, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1893, p 99, no 296.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, (with illustrations), drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq (President of Trustees) and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1891, p 83, no 327.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1888, p 62, no 48.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1886, p 50, no 44.
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AGNSW archive 63/1884, Nov 1884.
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AGNSW archive 16/1884, 20 Mar 1884.
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AGNSW archive 58b/1883, 27 Nov 1883.
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AGNSW archive 58a/1883, 18 Nov 1883.
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AGNSW archive 30/1883, 22 Jul 1883.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 73, no 26. Revised editions 1908, 1910, 1912.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 90, no 17.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 105, no 160. Revised edition 1926.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 103, no 160.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 83, no 165.
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Provenance
George Morton, Purchased by the AGNSW in 1884