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An easterly breeze
1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
107.7 × 183.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1887
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
From 1872 onwards Peter Graham began to exhibit large pictures of storm-lashed northern cliffs and seabirds. Reviewing this painting in 1872, the Art Journal remarked upon how: ‘In “An Easterly Breeze” ... Mr Peter Graham is quite at his best; he has done well to leave Highland cattle, for a while at least, in favour of the “deep bosom of the ocean” and its “dark unfathomed caves!”’
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Peter Graham / 1887
Accession Number
p.312.2-1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) boats cliffs coastal landscapes oceans rock (inorganic material) sailing waves (natural events)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by James Graham (former MLC), Melbourne, and, by whom donated to the National Gallery of Victoria, 1889.
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1889, no. 279; Second Interchange Exhibition, Adelaide, 1896, cat. p. 27 (repr.); lent State Centenary Celebrations, Perth 1928–30.
Frame
Though there is no label on this frame it is comparable to the W. A. Smith frame on Halsewelle’s Heart of the Coolins, Isle of Skye.
A similar frame is found on Peter Graham’s After the Massacre of Glencoe (p.315.1-1) and a variant on William Hatherell The baliffs daughter of Islington (4308-3).
The painting was cleaned in 2005.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Date
c.1887
Frame Condition
good original condition