The remaking of things

Gracia and Louise studio

Gracia Haby artist
Australia born 1975
Louise Jennison artist
Australia born 1976

The remaking of things
2022–23
digital collage printed on vinyl, mirrored paper

Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Courtesy of the artists

All collage components featured in The remaking of things, 2022–23, have been sourced from the NGV Collection, apart from: Gould’s Grey-headed flying fox drawn and lithographed by J. Gould and H. C. Richter from John Gould’s The Mammals of Australia, volume 3, 1863, in the collection of the State Library Victoria, Melbourne.

Featured works from the NGV Collection

E. G. Adamson
Australia 1895–1974

Snow coral
1930s–1940s
gelatin silver photograph

Gift of Mr E. V. C. Adamson, 1982 PH204-1982

Julian Ashton
England 1851 – Australia 1942, arrived Australia 1878

The afterglow, Foulweather Reach, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales
1884 Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Watercolour

Purchased, 1959 364-5

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

Green Native Fuschia, Victoria
1844
watercolour over pencil

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.14-4

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

From Grassy Gully, Victoria
1844
watercolour over pencil

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.17-4

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

Native Fuschia, found in the forest near Mt Mercer
1844
watercolour over pencil

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.27-28-4

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

Sarsaparilla, from the river Leigh, Victoria
1844
watercolour over pencil on buff paper

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.15-16-4

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

Spider Orchid, Mount Mercer
1844
watercolour over pencil

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.26-4

Richard Bunbury
England 1813 – Australia 1857, arrived Australia 1841

Ti-tree found on the banks of the river Leigh, near Mount Mercer
1844
watercolour over pencil on buff paper

Gift of Sir Charles H.W. Bunbury, 1954 3073.22-23-4

Fanny Anne Charsley
England 1828–1915, Australia 1857–67

Bosseaea cinerea, Platylobium obtusangulum, Aotus villosus, Dillwynia cinerascens
plate IX from The Wildflowers Around Melbourne series 1867
1867
hand-coloured lithograph

Purchased, 1954 3071.10-4

Fanny Anne Charsley
England 1828–1915, Australia 1857–67

Tetratheca ciliata, Hibbertia fasciculata, Grevillea latrobei, Hakea ulicina, Wahlenbergia gracilis
plate X from The Wildflowers Around Melbourne series 1867
1867
hand-coloured lithograph

Purchased, 1954 3071.11-4

Fanny Anne Charsley
England 1828–1915, Australia 1857–67

Goodenia geniculata, Leptospermum myrsinoides, Viola betonicifolia, Caesia corymbosa, Anguilaria dioica, Drosera auriculata, Bulbine bulbosa, Stylidium graminifolium, Viola hederacea
plate XI from The Wildflowers Around Melbourne series 1867
1867
hand-coloured lithograph

Purchased, 1954 3071.12-4

Fanny Anne Charsley
England 1828–1915, Australia 1857–67

Brunonia australis, Craspedia richea, Dianella revoluta, Lobelia pedunculata, Convolvulus erubescenes, Ammobium alatum, Helichrysum bracteatum, Lobelia simplicicaulis
plate XII from The Wildflowers Around Melbourne series 1867
1867
hand-coloured lithograph

Purchased, 1954 3071.13-4

Fanny Anne Charsley
England 1828–1915, Australia 1857–67

Gompholobium huegelii, Dianella longifolia, Pimelea humilis, Mesembryanthemum australe, Comesperma calemega
plate XIII from The Wildflowers Around Melbourne series 1867
1867
hand-coloured lithograph

Purchased, 1954 3071.14-4

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Scene on the Yarra at Yarra Doon
c. 1876–1880s Yarra Doon, Victoria
albumen silver photograph

Purchased, 1984 PH2-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Scene on the Yarra, Healesville
c. 1876–1880s Heaslesville, Victoria
albumen silver photograph

Purchased, 1984 PH4-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Scene near Marysville
c. 1878–1904 Marysville, Victoria
albumen silver photograph

Purchased, 1984 PH10-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Mount Bogong, Victoria, Australia
1890s – c. 1905 Mount Bogong, Victoria
albumen silver photograph, coloured dyes

Purchased, 1984 PH30-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Werribee River, Bacchus Marsh
1870s –1880s Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
albumen silver photograph, colour dyes

Purchased, 1984 PH45-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Batts Bend, River Watts, Fernshaw
c. 1876–1880s Fernshaw, Victoria
albumen silver photograph, colour dyes

Purchased, 1984 PH49-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837– Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Anglesea River, Geelong district
c. 1876–1880s Anglesea, Victoria
albumen silver photograph, colour dyes

Purchased, 1984 PH55-1984

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837– Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Scene at Healesville
c. 1876 Healesville, Victoria
albumen silver photograph

Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988 PH106.22-1988

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Scene on the River Campaspe
c. 1876
albumen silver photograph

Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988 PH106.23-1988

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

View of Sailors’ Creek Falls
c. 1876
albumen silver photograph

Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988 PH106.30-1988

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Sylvan Dell, near Loutitt Bay
c. 1876
albumen silver photograph

Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988 PH106.51-1988

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Fairy scene at the Landslip, Blacks’ Spur
c. 1878
collodian glass plate negative

Gift of John Cato, 1990 PH111-1990

Nicholas Caire
Channel Islands 1837 – Australia 1918, arrived Australia 1858

Condon’s Gully, Healesville
c. 1903–10
gelatin bromide glass plate negative

Gift of John Cato, 1990 PH113-1990

William Drummond & Co. manufacturer
Melbourne est. 1885

Paperweight
c. 1900 Melbourne
silver

The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1979 D70-1979

William Drummond & Co. manufacturer
Melbourne est. 1885

Paperweight
c. 1900 Melbourne
silver

The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1981 D69-1979

William Edwards
England c. 1819 – Australia c. 1889, arrived Australia 1857

Trophy
c. 1870 Melbourne
sterling silver, emu egg, ebonised wood

The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1981 D114-1981

Eugene von Guérard
Austria 1811– England 1901, Italy 1830–38, Germany 1838–52, Australia 1852–82, Germany and England 1882–1901

Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria
plate 13 from Eugène von Guérard’s Australian Landscapes, published by Hamel & Ferguson, Melbourne, 1866–68
1867 Melbourne
colour lithograph

Felton Bequest, 1960 651-5

Hoffman Brick Company manufacturer
Melbourne 1870–1969
Mel-rose Australian Ware range
Australian 1931 – c.1940

Possum jug
1931–1940 Brunswick, Melbourne
earthenware

Purchased, 1979 D132-1979

Wenceslaus Hollar
Prague 1607 – England 1647, England from 1636, 1652–77, Flanders 1644–52

Four caterpillars and a snail
from the Muscarum Scarabeorum… (Various Types of Flying Insects and Beetles) series c. 1646
1646
etching 1st state

Felton Bequest, 1923 1278.408-3

William Howieson
Australia 1876–1967

No title (Landscape with sheep)
1940s
gelatin silver photograph

Gift of C. Stuart Tompkins, 1971 PH259-1971

Tom Humphrey
Scotland 1858 – Australia 1922, arrived Australia 1869

Summer walk
c. 1888 Melbourne
oil on canvas

Presented in memory of Ann Wilkinson (Membership Secretary of the National Gallery Society of Victoria 1967-78), by her friends, 1979 A5-1979

Kilpatrick & Co. manufacturer and retailer
Melbourne est.1853–1925

Paperweight
c. 1910 Melbourne
silver

The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1979 D222-1979

Choubard engraver
France c. 1810 – c. 1830
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur after
France 1778–1846

Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus crumeniferus. N. ), Timor
(Rhinolophe cruménifère, de l’ile Timor)
plate 65 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition
1824 Paris
hand-coloured engraving and etching in brown and blue-green ink

Joe White Bequest, 2010 2010.96.66

Lambert Frères engraver
France est. c. 1900s
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur after
France 1778–1846

New Holland cassowaries, Kangaroo Island
(Casoars de la Nouvelle-Hollande Emu of New Holland)
plate 66 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition
1824 Paris
hand-coloured engraving and etching printed in brown and black ink

Joe White Bequest, 2010 2010.96.67

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

Three-toe King-fisher (Azure Kingfisher)
plate 1 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822
c. 1804–06 London
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013 2013.724

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

Warty-face Honey-sucker (Regent Honeyeater)
plate 3 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822
c. 1804–06 London
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013 2013.726

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

Variegated Warbler (Variegated Fairy-wren)
plate 15 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822
c. 1804–06 London
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013 2013.733

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

Reed Warbler (Australian Reed Warbler)
plate 18 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822
c. 1804–06 London
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013 2013.735

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

Yellow-breasted Thrush (Eastern Yellow Robin)
plate 23 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, published by J. H. Bohte, London, 1822
c. 1804–06 London
etching hand-coloured with watercolour and tinted gum arabic

Purchased with funds donated by the Stuart Leslie Foundation, 2013 2013.737

John Lewin
England 1770 – Australia 1819, arrived Australia 1800

White-breasted honey-sucker
plate 22 from A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, Henry G. Bohn, London, 1838 edition
1808–22 London
hand-coloured etching

Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010 2010.538

J. W. Lindt
Germany 1845 – Australia 1926, arrived Australia 1862

Giant eucalypts, Acheron River, Victoria
1899
gelatin silver photograph

Purchased, 1975 PH76-1975

Frederick McCubbin
Australia 1855–1917

Lost
1886 Box Hill, Victoria
oil on canvas

Felton Bequest, 1940 1077-4
Frame: reproduction, 2007

Frederick McCubbin
Australia 1855–1917

The pioneer
1904 Mount Macedon, Victoria
oil on canvas

Felton Bequest, 1906 253-2
Frame: original, attributed to John Thallon, surface not original

Louisa Anne Meredith
England 1812 – Australia 1895, arrived Australia 1839

Study for gum-flowers and ‘love’
c. 1860
watercolour

Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs James Evans, Governor, 1989 P166-1989

NASA, Washington, D.C. manufacturer
United States est. 1958

Lunar crater Schmidt near Sea of Tranquility
1969
type C photograph

Presented by Photimport, 1971 PH386-1971

Anne Paulson
England 1808 – Australia 1866, arrived Australia 1858

Sketches of Victorian bush flowers
c. 1861 Victoria
sketchbook: watercolour, iron gall ink and pencil, 75 pages with red printed ink, leather binding

Gift of Kay Rodda, 2008 2008.33

Premier Pottery manufacturer
Melbourne est. 1929 or 1930–1956
Remued ware range
Australia est. 1933–1956

Jug
1933–35 Preston, Melbourne
earthenware

Gift of Catherine Webb, 1986 D72-1986

Premier Pottery manufacturer
Melbourne est. 1929 or 1930–1956
Remued ware range
Australia est. 1933–1956

Wall vase
1935–56 Preston, Melbourne
earthenware

Gift of Catherine Webb, 1986 D79-1986

Henri van Raalte
England 1881 – Australia 1929, arrived Australia 1910

A Karri tree glade
1917–19
aquatint and drypoint printed in brown ink
ed. 2/60

Presented by the Estate of Mrs Cutten, 1992 P60-1992

Henri van Raalte
England 1881 – Australia 1929, arrived Australia 1910

Hillside and stream
c. 1920
aquatint and drypoint printed in orange-brown ink
ed. 16/30

Felton Bequest, 1930 4271-3

Pierre Joseph Redouté
Luxembourg 1759 – France 1840

Yellow vetch
1780
watercolour, pencil

Presented through the NGV Foundation by Margaret Stones, Governor, 2004 2004.131

Tom Roberts
England 1856 – Australia 1931, arrived Australia 1869, England 1881–85, 1903–19

She-oak and sunlight
1889 Melbourne
oil on wood panel

Jean Margaret Williams Bequest, K. M. Christensen and A. E. Bond Bequest, Eleanor M. Borrow Bequest, The Thomas Rubie Purcell and Olive Esma Purcell Trust and Warren Clark Bequest, 2019 2019.1159

Tom Roberts
England 1856 – Australia 1931, arrived Australia 1869, England 1881–85, 1903–19

The artists’ camp
1886 Box Hill, Victoria
oil on canvas

Felton Bequest, 1943 1224-4
Frame: not original, c.1940s, maker unknown

A. Shelden
Australia 1920s

Possum and banksia
1920s
earthenware

National Gallery Society of Victoria Century Fund, 1984 D12-1991

Grace Cossington Smith
Australia 1892–1984, England and Germany 1912–14, England and Italy 1949–51

Bottlebrushes
1935 Sydney
oil on composition board

Gift of Andrée Harkness through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020 2020.585

Grace Cossington Smith
Australia 1892–1984, England and Germany 1912–14, England and Italy 1949–51

Kuringai Avenue
1943 Sydney
oil on compositon board

The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004 2004.220
Frame: reproduction, 2012, based on the original frame for a Smith painting from 1947.

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Billardiera scandens
plate 1 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Tetratheca juncea
plate 2 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Ceratopetalum gummiferum
plate 3 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Banksia spinulosa
plate 4 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Goodenia ramosissima (now Scaevola ramosissima)
plate 5 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Platylobium formosum
plate 6 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Embothrium speciosissimum (now Telopea speciosissima)
plate 7 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Embothrium silaifoliu (now Lomatia silaifolia)
plate 8 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Embothrium buxifolium (now Grevillea buxifolia)
plate 10 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Embothrium sericeum (now Grevillea sericea)
plate 9 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Eucalyptus robusta
plate 13 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Pultenaea stipularis
plate 12 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

(Styphelia tubiflora)
plate 14 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Mimosa myrtifolia (now Acacia myrtifolia)
plate 15 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Unknown draughtsman
James Sowerby etcher
England 1757–1822

Mimosa hispidula (now Acacia hispidula)
plate 15 from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith, published by James Sowerby, London 1793, vol. 1
1793 London
hand-coloured etching

Joe White Bequest, 2015 2015.406

Arthur Streeton
Australia 1867–1943, England 1897–1919

The river
1896 Sydney
oil on canvas

Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1979 A36-1980
Frame: reproduction, 2007, based on a photograph from 1925

Arthur Streeton
Australia 1867–1943, England 1897–1919

‘The purple noon’s transparent might’
1896 Sydney
oil on canvas

Purchased, 1896 33-2
Frame: reproduction, 2007, based on the remnants of the frame from 1898

Arthur Streeton
Australia 1867–1943, England 1897–1919

Our untidy bush
1927
oil on canvas
Felton Bequest, 1934 144-4

Arthur Streeton
Australia 1867–1943, England 1897–1919

The valley from Olinda top ‘Let the Rose glow intense and warm the air’ – Keats
1925 Melbourne
oil on canvas

Felton Bequest, 1925 1786-3

Frame: by John Thallon, Melbourne, possibly recycled

E. G. Adamson
Australia 1895–1974

The Langlauf Race, Mt Buller
1930s–40s
gelatin silver photograph

Gift of Mr E. V. C. Adamson, 1982 PH193-1982

F. E. Striezel
Germany 1860 – Australia 1935, arrived Australia 1886

Pair of panels
c. 1915
Pine (Pinus sp.)

Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr and Mrs C. Adamson, Members, 1994 D17.a-b-1994

The Sydney Bird Painter
Australia, active c. 1790–c. 1800

Boobook owl
c. 1790–1800 Sydney
watercolour and pen and ink over pencil

The Warren Clark Bequest, 1999 1999.325

Australia, Unknown

Brooch
c. 1860 Sydney
gold

Purchased with the assistance of the National Gallery Women’s Association, 1991 D90-1991

Australia, Unknown

Brooch
c. 1860 Sydney/Melbourne
gold, pearl, turquoise, emerald, ruby

Purchased, 1980 D396-1980

Australia, Unknown

Fern fabric
c. 1890 Australia
silk, ink

Presented by Terence Lane, 1991 CT72-1991

The Netherlands, Unknown

Flowerpiece
17th century the Netherlands
red and black chalk on vellum

Felton Bequest, 1923 1278.940-3

Australia, Unknown

Framed embroidery
c. 1896 Tasmania
silk, wood, paint, glass, paper, metal

Gift of Miss Mary Bostock in the memory of Mrs Tristam Buesst, 1976 D144-1976
Frame: original, by W. A. L. Rickards, Ballarat

Australia, Unknown

Framed embroidery
c. 1896 Tasmania
silk, wood, paint, glass, paper, metal

Gift of Miss Mary Bostock in the memory of Mrs Tristam Buesst, 1976 D144-1976
Frame: original, by W. A. L. Rickards, Ballarat

Australia, Unknown

Roundel
c. 1900s
painted concrete

Purchased from Admission Funds, 1992 D39A-1992

Australia, Unknown

Scent bottle
c. 1885 Adelaide
silver, black bean seed pod

Gift of Miss L. M. A. Pettit, 1980 D377-1980

Australia, Unknown

Trophy
c. 1900 Melbourne
emu egg, Pine (Pinus sp.)

Gift of Richard Harbig, 1981 D100-1981

Australia, Unknown

Whistle
c. 1880 Melbourne
15 ct gold

Gift of Kurt Albrecht, 1993 D39-1993

J. M. Wendt
Germany 1830 – Australia 1917, arrived Australia 1854

Inkwell
c. 1885 Mount Gambier, South Australia
silver, emu egg, ebonised wood, brass, nacre

The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1979 D61.a-c-1979

Walter Withers
England 1854 – Australia 1914, arrived Australia 1883

Evening on the Yarra, Eaglemont
1887 Heidelberg, Victoria
oil on canvas

Bequest of Eleanor Swindells Hutton, 1978 A11-197

Walter Withers
England 1854 – Australia 1914, arrived Australia 1883

Tranquil winter
1895 Heidelberg, Victoria
oil on canvas

Purchased, 1895 12-2
Frame: original, by the Artistic Stationery Company, Melbourne

Sydney Parkinson draughtsman
England c. 1745–1711
Frederick Polydore Nodder final draughtsman
England c. 1773–1800
Gerard Sibelius engraver
Netherlands 1734 – England 1785, arrived England 1770

Acacia longifolia
plate 90 from Banks’ Florilegium, part IV: Australia
1770 drawn, 1781 painted, 1981 printed
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée)
ed. 26/100

Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2013 2013.416.90

Chinese, Unknown

Snuff bottle
early 20th century China
white jade, pigment, glass, metal

Gift of Miss D. Gibb, 1964 658.a-b-D5

Chinese, Unknown

Snuff bottle
glass

Gift of Mr Geoffrey Innes in memory of Mr Guy Innes, 1960 156-D5

Arthur Streeton
Australia 1867–1943, England 1897–1919

Sydney Harbour
1907 Sydney
oil on canvas on plywood

Felton Bequest, 1910 491-2
Frame: original, by Chapman Bros., London