Trespassers
1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
61.2 × 107.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alfred Felton, 1904
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in brown paint l.l.: J. Clayton Adams / 1878
inscribed in pen and brown ink on paper label on reverse u.r.: No 1. Trespa(...illeg.) / John Clayton Ada(...illeg.) / Eushurst Hill / No (o double underlined) Guildford
Accession Number
136-2
Department
International Painting
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Provenance
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1878, no. 453[i]; with Arthur Tooth & Sons (dealer), London, 1878; from where purchased by Robert H. Kinnear (1820–1902), by 1883[ii]; his collection, Brookong House, Toorak, Melbourne, until 1902; collection of Alfred Felton (1831–1904), Melbourne, by 1902 until 1904; by whom bequeathed to the NGV, 1904.[iii]
[i] H. Blackburn, ed., Academy Notes, London, 1878, p. 45
[ii] ‘Art notes: Private collections and collectors no. 1’, The Argus, Saturday 7 July 1883, p. 4.
[iii] Felton list, L.B. Hall papers, National Library, Canberra, Ms. 10814.
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1878, no. 453; Diamond Jubilee Loan Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 1897, no. 58, owner R.H. Kinnear.