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The artists' camp
(1886)
Tom ROBERTS
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
46.0 × 60.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint
l.l.:
TOM Roberts. (erts. underlined)
Accession Number
1224-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
Box Hill (inhabited place)
bush (wilderness)
camp sites (recreation spaces)
Melbourne (inhabited place)
men (male humans)
painters (artists)
tents (portable buildings)
Victoria (state)
Movements
Australian Impressionism
Heidelberg School
Frame
Not original, c.1940s, maker unknown
Colourmen
Colourman
REEVES & SONS
Location of stamp
Centre reverse of canvas
Transcript
REEVES & SONS,/MANUFACTURERS,/13, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
Medium
Ink stamp
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