Title
Ada Beattie in bed with influenza
(1898)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Ada Beattie with Influenza
Profile head of a woman in bed
Profile head of a woman in bed (Ada Beattie with Influenza) - Date
- (1898)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil
- Dimensions
- 18.1 x 27.4 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1898
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 238.2
- Copyright
- Artist information
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George Lambert
Works in the collection
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About
Ada Beattie was the sister of William and Beatrice Beattie.
William B Beattie (born 1871) was a musician, actor and writer. Ater he and Lambert met, they formed a life-long friendship. Lambert illustrated Beattie's story 'The love story of Tamar Niell'. In a tribute to his friend, Beattie wrote in the Lambert memorial issue of 'Art in Australia' in 1930:
'Clean, wholesome, strong and good to look at; truly the young Siegfried; and, above all, happy. That was the keynote to the real Lambert - happiness; he was glad he was alive.'
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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Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1898), Vickery's Chambers, Sydney, 27 Aug 1898–Sep 1898
George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Aug 1962–22 Oct 1962
George Washington Lambert (1968), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1968 -
Some Australian drawings 1880-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 May 1981–18 Jun 1981
George Lambert, 1873-1930: drawings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Feb 1993–02 May 1993
Fin de Siècle: posters prints drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jan 1994–13 Mar 1994
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
George Lambert retrospective: heroes & icons, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 29 Jun 2007–16 Sep 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 10 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), Sydney, 1962. cat.no. 1
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John Baily', Fifth Adelaide Festival of Arts 1968: Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 'George Washington Lambert', pg. 27-28, Adelaide, 1968, 31. cat.no. 54; titled 'Ada Beattie with Influenza'; dated c.1898
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Renée Free, Fin de Siècle, Sydney, Jan 1994.
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Anna Gray and Hendrik Kolenberg, George Lambert, 1873-1930: drawings, Sydney, 1993, 25, 14 (illus.). cat.no. 7
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Anna Gray, George Lambert (1873-1930) catalogue raisonné: paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections, Perth, 1996, 144. cat.no. D10
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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, 130 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Some Australian drawings 1880-1980: an exhibition from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981.
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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, 130 (colour illus.).
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Society of Artists, Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1898), Sydney, Sep 1898. cat.no. 52; titled 'Pencil portraits'
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, Sydney, 1965, 257 (illus.).
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