The jolly swagman

The jolly swagman
 1941

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
101.6 × 123.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: 1941 E Buckmaster
Accession Number
1121-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1941
© Courtesy of the estate of E. Buckmaster
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Musical Travel
Subjects (specific)
accordions billy men (male humans) streams swagman swags (camping equipment) travellers (people by activity)

Explore the collection

The players and the listeners DALZIEL BROTHERS (wood-engraver); Matthew James LAWLESS (draughtsman) A shepherd playing his flute Nicolaes BERCHEM Study Charles Samuel KEENE The dance in the barn Pietro TORRINI Timbrel and harp soothe Robert JACKS Man with a mandoline W.H. SCHMIDT Madame Saint-Huberty François DUMONT June Lindsay, flute player, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra David ELLIS The Minstrel PROVAGGI Vase CHINESE The great god Pan DALZIEL BROTHERS (wood-engraver); Frederic LEIGHTON (draughtsman) Madame Fanny Bristow Arnold SHORE Study for 'Harp in the Air' Charles Samuel KEENE Two beggars UNKNOWN; Cornelis MASSYS (after) David playing before Saul Leonard BRAMER A musical mode, Bilawal Ragini INDIAN Finished drawing for 'Our Christmas Concert' Charles KEENE Study Charles KEENE The Village on the Cliff Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver); Frederick WALKER (draughtsman) The duet James McNeill WHISTLER The duellist UNKNOWN Costume design for Robert Goulet Freddy WITTOP Saint Francis consoled by the musical angel UNKNOWN; Francesca VANNI (after) Fragment of brocade (FRANCE) Printed textile Study Charles Samuel KEENE Still life with musical instruments Godfrey MILLER The Genius of Music conquors Cupid Giuseppe LONGHI; Guido RENI (after) Ferrule (GERMANY) (manufacturer) Untitled UNKNOWN; George du MAURIER (after)