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!”’
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.