Unterberger, Franz Richard (1838-1902; Austrian) The Gulf of Salerno Oil on canvas, c.114.34 x 101.6 cm Purchased, 1875; de-accessioned and sold at auction, 1950 Unidentified; present location unknown Based in Brussels, Unterberger exhibited throughout Europe and in America. By the 1870s, he was specializing mainly in picturesque Italian views peopled by stock Mediterranean types. This
Turner, J.M.W. (1775-1851; English) Dunstanborough Castle, North-East Coast of Northumberland, Sunrise after a Squally Night (1798) Oil on canvas, 92.2 x 123.2 cm Gift of the Duke of Westminster 1888 National Gallery of Victoria (313.3/1) This early canvas was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1798, when Turner was only 23. Evelyn Joll suggests that it may be
Tucker, Tudor St George (1862-1906; English/Australian) Maid of all work (c.1891) Oil on canvas, 125.4 x 76.0 cm Purchased, 1900 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (62-2) Tucker, a talented artist, was a somewhat underestimated contributor to the development of Australian painting in the late 19th century. He migrated to Australia, for his health, in 1881,
Tschaggeny, Edmond Jean Baptiste (1818-73; Belgian) Sheep in repose 1864 Oil on canvas, 75 x 110 cm Purchased by the Commissioners of Fine Arts for Victoria, 1864 (advice of Sir Charles Eastlake) National Gallery of Victoria (p.301.6-1) One of the initial selections made by Eastlake, this painting was praised in The Australasian in 1864 for its
Toovey, Edwin (1835-1900; British) Flamborough Head Oil on canvas, c.90 x 152 cm Purchased, 1875; de-accessioned and sold at auction, 1950 Unidentified, present location unknown The 1894 catalogue lists this work as hanging in the McArthur Gallery, and provides some information on the subject, described as a spectacular section of the Yorkshire coastline. Information on the
Tocqué, Louis (1696-1772; French), attributed to Portrait of a Gentleman (c.1747) Oil on canvas, 60.0 x 45.0 cm Purchased, 1876 (advice of Eugène von Guérard) National Gallery of Victoria (303.5/1) This lively portrait was purchased, for a remarkably small sum, on the sage advice of von Guérard while he was Master of the National Gallery
Thunder, Annie (active c.1880-93; Australian?) Hon.Peter Lalor as Speaker 1893 Oil on canvas, 189 x 123 cm Presented by the Government of Victoria, 1895; transferred to SLV from NGV, 1951 State Library of Victoria (acc.no.H141871) Lalor (1827-89) famously led the Eureka Stockade in December 1854. Acquitted in March 1855, he was then appointed to the Victorian
Thompson, Elizabeth (1846-1933; English) The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras 1875 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 216.2 cm Purchased, 1884 (advice of Alfred Thomson) National Gallery of Victoria (p.309.9-1) This picture (whose elaborate frame is original, and suitably military in its detail) was voted the most popular work in the NGV by the visiting public in 1906.
Thomas, Margaret (1843-1929; Australian) Charles Summers 1866 Oil on canvas, 127.5 x 102.0 cm Presented by Margaret Thomas, 1881 State Library of Victoria (H248) Summers, a key figure in the early years of the Melbourne gallery (refer linked artist entry and entries on individual sculptures), is shown here with a model of his Burke and Wills
Works included in this catalogue Thomas Charles Summers 1866 {1881} SLV [PA] Thomas Sir Redmond Barry 1856 {1881} SLV [SC] * Thomas Charles Horsley {by 1880} Loc? [SC] Thomas, a talented artist who studied sculpture with Charles Summers in Melbourne in the 1860s, painted his oil portrait in 1866, and donated it to the Melbourne collection after his death.
Taylor Ghee, Robert Edgar (1869-1951; Australian) Donnelly Creek, Healesville 1895 Oil in canvas, 100.6 x 44.0 cm Purchased, 1895 National Gallery of Victoria (13-2) This straightforward landscape was bought from the Victorian Artists’ Society (see also Withers Tranquil Winter 1895 {1895} NGV [PA] etc.). The frame is a contemporary production by the Melbourne firm of W.&
Tattegrain, Francis (1852-1915; French) The Convalescent (1884) Oil on canvas, 81.7 x 117.0 cm Gift of William Dean, 1885 National Gallery of Victoria (p.310.8-1) Shown at the Paris Salon in 1884, this work typifies the sentimental strain of later 19th-century French painting, while also giving the impression of a closely-cropped photograph. The artist, a native of Péronne, in
Works included in this catalogue Schenck Anguish {1879} NGV [PA] De Mare after Schenck Anguish 1879 {1880} NGV [PR] The artist worked for most of his life in Paris. For further details, see the entry on his painting Anguish (dating from c.1878). Refs. For Schenck (not listed in AKL), see Bénézit 12, p.581 (listing the present work)