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Arthur Lemon
Corn threshing in Tuscany (c. 1886)
oil on canvas
71.7 × 154.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr William Drummond, 1914
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Corn threshing in Tuscany
(c. 1886)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
71.7 × 154.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr William Drummond, 1914
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Arthur Lemon (rthur Lem underlined)
Accession Number
756-2
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Agriculture Animals Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
corn (species) farmers (people in agriculture) horse (species) Italy (nation) threshing
Provenance
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1886, no. 967 as Threshing with Horse, Tuscany; with Grosvenor Gallery (dealer), London, by 1887; exhibited Grosvenor Gallery Intercolonial exhibition, Melbourne, 1887–88, no. 86; from where purchased by William Drummond, 1888; collection of William Drummond, Melbourne,
1888–1914; by whom gifted to the NGV, 1914.
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1886, no. 967 as Threshing with Horse, Tuscany; Grosvenor Gallery Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1887, no. 86; Centennial International Exhibition, Victorian Loan Collection, Melbourne,
1888–89, no. 14 (Guide to the Picture Galleries, no. 67), lent by W. Drummond; Diamond Jubilee Loan Exhibition, NGV, Melbourne, 1897, no. 143, lent by W. Drummond.
Frame
This Watts style frame with mitred corners may have been made in Melbourne around the time of acquisition in 1914. It compares with the frames on Frederick Whitehead’s Stony weir (made by John Thallon) and Jonathan Pratt’s James Watt's workshop 1886.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 20th century
Date
c.1914
Materials
timber, composition, gold leaf
Frame Condition
good original condition