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Field naturalists
(c. 1896)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
80.9 × 121.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. H. Shackell, 1962
Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Jane Sutherland was one of the leading female professional artists in Melbourne during the late nineteeth century. Reflecting her love of the Australian bush, she was memeber of The Field Naturalists Club of Victora, which was formed in 1880 for the purpose of exploring natural history through excursions into the bush. In 1891, to encourage this interest among school children, prizes were offered for certain collections. Sutherland’s young field naturalists remind us of the adventurous Woolcot children of Ethel Turner’s classic novel for children Seven Little Australians (1894).
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.r.: J Sutherland (rlan underlined)
Accession Number
1062-5
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Landscapes Nature
Subjects (specific)
blue (colour) children (people by age group) diffusion green (colour) play (recreation) ponds (water) reddish brown trees
Movements
Australian Impressionism
Frame
Original, attributed to John Thallon, Melbourne