Title
Study of a dog - opening of Centennial Park
1890
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Study of a dog - opening of Centennial Park, Sydney
Opening of Centennial Park - Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- 1890
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour, white gouache
- Dimensions
- 39.1 x 26.7 cm sheet; frame 63.5 x 48.5 x 3.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., mauve watercolour "FRAnk. P. MAHONY/ Jan/90".
- Credit
- Purchased 1934
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 17
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Frank Mahony
Works in the collection
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About
Sydney's Centennial Park opened to the public on Australia Day 1888 as part of the celebrations to mark a hundred years of British settlement. According to the 'Sydney Morning Herald' on 27 January 1888:
'Until yesterday the Centennial Park was, even to Sydney residents, almost a "terra incognita", heard of only dimly, through the occasional reports which have appeared in the press with regard to the progress of the work; but now, for the first time, the public, who after all really pay for the park, have been admitted to full and free possession of their great national property'.
This drawing was once owned by CES Tindall (1863-1951), a watercolourist best remembered fro his marine paintings.
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
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Katoomba Town Hall, Katoomba, 06 Mar 1951–20 Mar 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Lithgow Council Chambers, Lithgow, 03 Apr 1951–17 Apr 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cowra Town Hall, Cowra, 22 May 1951–05 Jun 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Grenfell Council Chambers, Grenfell, 19 Jun 1951–03 Jul 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Young Public Library, Young, 14 Aug 1951–28 Aug 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cootamundra Council Chambers, Cootamundra, 18 Sep 1951–02 Oct 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Wagga Wagga Council Chambers, Wagga Wagga, 20 Oct 1951–30 Oct 1951
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980
Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection (1991), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1991–07 Jul 1991
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
Best in Show, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 09 Apr 2016–03 Jul 2016
A Nation Imagined: The Artists of the Picturesque Atlas, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 12 Mar 2021–11 Jul 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Jane de Teliga, Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 7.
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Hendrik Kolenberg., Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection, 'Introduction', Sydney, 1991. not paginated, cat.no. 41; titled 'Study of a dog - opening of Centennial Park, Sydney
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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, 96, 97 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Australian images from the past: whether rarely seen or familiar, these works move and delight us', pg. 24-27, Sydney, Apr 2005, 26 (colour illus.).
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Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 698
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 9
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Australian Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations 1951, Sydney, 1951. cat.no. 9
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