Scurry, James (1826-94; English/Australian)

Works donated by Scurry included in this catalogue  * Scurry Charles Summers {1884} Loc? [SC] Scurry Cole’s Wharf 1853 {1884} SLV [DR]            Scurry Sandridge Pier 1853 {1884} SLV [DR] Scurry View on the Yarra 1853 {1884} SLV [DR] * Scurry (?) View from Flagstaff Hill 1853 {1884} Loc? [DR]  Also probably by Scurry: Plaster bust of William

Pinwell My dear Honeyword 1865 {1896} NGV [DR]

Pinwell, George John (1842-75; English) My dear Honeyword, look at this incendiary letter… 1865 Pencil and wash drawing on wood block, 18.0 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm Purchased, 1896 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (26-2) “Scene from Goldsmith’s ‘Good Natured Man’,” (according to NGV 1905), purchased together with Mahoney Pickwick finds Sam Weller

O’Brien Melbourne in 1839 {1868} SLV [DR]

O’Brien, George (1821-88; Irish/New Zealander) Melbourne in 1839 (c.1853?) Pencil with later additions in pen and ink, 25.1 x 52.6 cm Donated by John Pascoe Fawkner, 1868 State Library of Victoria (H254) According to the State Library, this drawing is “probably a retrospective reconstruction of an 1839 view.” NGV 1905 identifies O’Brien as the artist, and

North A Vesper Hymn {1897} NGV [DR]

North, John W. (1842-1924; English) A Vesper Hymn Pen and ink, black and white wash, on paper, 11.7 x 16.8 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1897 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (30-2) Like North The Swallows {1897} NGV [DR], this drawing was made for an engraving in Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life

North The Swallows {1897} NGV [DR]

North, John W. (1842-1924; English) The Swallows Pen and ink and white wash, on paper, 11.5 x 15.7 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1897 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (29-2) One of two sketches (see also North A Vesper Hymn {1897} NGV [DR]), bought together on Pennell’s advice. Both are identified in NGV 1905 as drawings for

Menzel Man’s Head 1886 {1895} NGV [DR]

Menzel, Adolf von (1815-1905; German) A Man’s Head 1886 Pencil on paper, 20.9 x 12.8 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1895 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (2-2) Menzel (the “von” was added after he ascended to the nobility late in life), also known as Adolph, was a prolific realist artist whose skills are exemplified here.

May (P.) Last Public House 1892 {1894} NGV [DR]

May, Phil (1864-1903; English) Untitled (“The Last Public House for One Mile”) 1892 Pen & ink on paper, 23.6 x 16.8 cm irreg. (image), 26.7 x 19.0 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1894 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (p.435.1-1) This sharply-observed sketch exemplifies May’s strengths as a mature graphic artist, after his return to England from

May (P.) The Dane 1890 {1903} SLV [DR]

May, Phil (1864-1903; English) “The Dane” 1890 Pen & ink on white paper laid down on board, 33.2 x 19.8 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30384) “Selected by the Director, in Sydney, in 1903,” according to NGV 1905, describing the image as “a portrait of Dean (Monsignor) O’Shea.” This caricature was

May (P.) Loch and Key 1888 {1903} NGV [DR]

May, Phil (1864-1903; English) “Loch and Key” 1888 Pen & ink on paper, 15.2 x 11.8 cm irreg. (image), 21.0 x 13.4 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (130-2) NGV 1905 describes this drawing, published in The Bulletin, 18 August 1888, as a “portrait of Lord Loch at the time of the opening

May, Phil (1864-1903; English)

Works included in this catalogue May (P.) The Diamond Doctor 1888 {1903} SLV [DR] (Bulletin 29 Sept.1888) May (P.) Dishing his Enemies 1888 {1903} SLV [DR] (Bulletin 17 March 1888) May (P.) Jumps and Jim Jams 1888 {1903} SLV [DR] (Bulletin 22 Dec.1888) May (P.) Loch and Key 1888 {1903} NGV [DR] (Bulletin 18 Aug.1888) May (P.) Lord Carrington

Lindsay (N.) My Ancestors 1903 {1904} NGV [DR]

Lindsay, Norman (1879-1969; Australian) My Ancestors 1903 Pen and ink over pencil on paper, 23.7 x 20.0 cm (image), 32.3 x 25.0 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1904 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (193-2) The first drawing by Norman Lindsay bought for an Australian public collection, this work was chosen after Bernard Hall’s initial recommendation,

Leighton Study for Elijah {1897} NGV [DR]

Leighton, Frederick (1830-96; English) Study for Elijah in the Wilderness (c.1877-78) Black and white chalk on brown paper, 17.4 x 16.0 cm (image), 19.2 x 17.5 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1897 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (38-2) In his introduction to the Annual Report for 1897, NGV Director Bernard Hall noted that this

Laugée Edward Bulwer 1872 {1881} NGV [DR]

Laugée, Désiré (1823-96; French) Edward Bulwer – Lord Lytton of Knebworth 1872 Charcoal, wash and pencil, 25 x 26.8 cm (sheet) Purchased 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.9-1)  Like a number of other drawings shown in the international exhibitions held in Brisbane and Melbourne in 1880-81, this portrait was made for The Graphic. The sitter (1803-73),

Keene Management 1868 {1892} NGV [DR]

Keene, Charles (1823-91; English) Management 1868 Pen and ink Purchased, 1892 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (p.431.6-1) This sketch was “selected by the Director from the Anglo-American Exhibition in 1892” (NGV 1905, also noting that it was published in Punch). It typifies Keene’s lively graphic style, widely admired in the later 19th and

Keene Interior of a Shop {1898} NGV [DR]

Keene, Charles (1823-91; English) Interior of a Shop Pen & ink, c.11.43 x 16.51 cm Purchased, 1898 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (42-2) This sketch, in the vein of Whistler, is apparently from a sketchbook. Refs. AR 1898, p.26; NGV 1905, p.64 (II.Stawell Gallery, no.96: as Carpenter’s Shop; size given as 4½” x

Keene, Charles (1823-91; English)

Works included in this catalogue Keene Interior of a Shop {1898} NGV [DR] Keene Management 1868 {1892} NGV [DR] Keene’s black and white style was widely admired and influential in the later 19th and earlier 20th centuries. Adolf von Menzel, for instance (see Menzel Man’s Head 1886 {1895} NGV [DR]), is said to have subscribed to Punch purely for the

Holl The Deserter {1881} NGV [DR]

Holl, Frank (1845-88; English) The Deserter (1875) Pen and ink, brush and grey and black wash, heightened with white over traces of charcoal, 49.5 x 36.0 cm (image), 50.1 x 36.6 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.16-1) This was one of the drawings originally made for The Graphic and purchased at the Melbourne

Hodgson, John Evan (1831-95; English)

Works included in this catalogue Hodgson The Oban boat {1891} NGV [DR] * Hodgson Arab Prisoners 1870 {1871} Loc? [PA] The artist, elected to the Royal Academy in 1870, specialized in Orientalizing subjects such as the 1870 painting formerly in the pre-Felton collection. Refs. For the artist, see AKL 73 (2012), pp.476-77 and Bénézit 7, pp.158-59

Hodgson The Oban boat {1891} NGV [DR]

Hodgson, John Evan (1831-95; English) The Oban boat (c.1876) Distemper drawing, c. 28 x 43 cm Purchased, 1891 National Gallery of Victoria (p.431.1-1) This work was listed in the gallery’s annual report for 1891 as a watercolour, and catalogued in NGV 1894 as a black and white drawing; the NGV’s current catalogue describes it as a distemper drawing.