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'Evening, when the quiet east flushes faintly at the sun's last look'

'Evening, when the quiet east flushes faintly at the sun's last look'
 (1887-1888)

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
W. H. Short Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
50.8 × 76.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Box Hill, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in magenta paint l.l.: TOM ROBERTS -
Accession Number
1375-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
W. H. Short Bequest, 1944
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Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
agricultural land Box Hill (inhabited place) clearings (landforms) dusk evening forests (cultural landscapes) Melbourne (inhabited place) Moon (moon)
Movements
Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School
Frame
Reproduction, 1996

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