The bell buoy
1900
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
47.3 × 85.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
© Public Domain
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: C. Napier Hemy - 1900.
inscribed in brown and black paint on reverse u.l.: No 1 No10. (No10 crossed out) The.bell buoy. (underlined) / C. napier Hemy. / Falmouth
inscribed in paint on reverse u.r.: New Gallery 1906
inscribed in pen and brown ink on paper label on reverse u.c.: No1 The Bel (...illeg.) / C Napier Heny / Churchfield (...illeg.)
Accession Number
268-2
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
buoys seas waves (natural events)
Provenance
Exhibited New Gallery, London, 1906; from where purchased, on the advice of Sir George Clausen, for the Felton Bequest, 1906.