Works included in this catalogue Webb (J.) Rotterdam at Sunset 1868 {1869} NGV [PA] Webb (J.) Lock on the Thames 1885 {1904} NGV [PA] Webb (J.) Gloucester {1904} NGV [PA] Webb was a marine landscape specialist and landscape painter; he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1853 to 1888. Refs. For the artist, see Wood,
Webb, Charles Meer (1830-95; English) Checkmate 1866 Oil on canvas, 55.1 x 68.5 cm Purchased, 1870 National Gallery of Victoria (p.302.9-1) The artist appears to have specialized in such essays in the 17th-18th century Dutch/Flemish manner. NGV 1905 emphasizes that this is a replica (the earlier version of 1864 is in the V&A Museum). Refs. AR
Watts, George Frederic (1817-1904; English) Love and Death (c.1887) Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 57.3 cm Purchased, 1888 National Gallery of Victoria (p.312.5-1) One of several variants by Watts of this classic late Victorian subject (there is also a late example in the AGSA), this canvas was bought from the Centennial Exhibition in Melbourne in
Watts, George Frederic (1817-1904; English) Alfred Tennyson (1858) Oil on wood panel, 61.0 x 50.4 cm Purchased, 1888 National Gallery of Victoria (p.312.9-1) This work was bought from the Centennial Exhibition staged in Melbourne in 1888, together with Watts Love and Death {1888} NGV [PA]. The famous Victorian poet (1809-92), a friend of the painter,
Works included in this catalogue Watts Alfred Tennyson {1888} NGV [PA] Watts Love and Death {1888} NGV [PA] An arch-Victorian, Watts produced numerous variants of Love and Death and other allegorical compositions during a long career. His Tennyson portrait, dating from about 1858, is one of a large group of depictions of famous contemporaries, many of
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917; English) Ulysses and the Sirens 1891 Oil on canvas, 100.6 x 202.0 cm Purchased, 1891 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.396.3-1) Herkomer’s recommendation of this work (quoted at length in NGV 1894) included enthusiastic comment on its vivid depiction of the episode in Homer’s Odyssey, meticulous research
Ward, James (1769-1859; English) Sheep Oil on wood panel, 21.5 x 30.1 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (133-2) Yet another pre-Felton image of sheep or cattle, this small panel was bought from the local sale of works formerly owned by Melbourne solicitor William Lynch (from whose collection several works were
Ward, Edward Matthew (1816-79; English) Josephine signing the Act of her Divorce 1853 Oil on canvas, 133.6 x 167.6 cm Purchased, 1888 National Gallery of Victoria (p.313.1-1) “This picture represents an event which took place in the Grand Cabinet of the Emperor Napoleon at the Tuileries on the evening of the 16th December, 1809” (NGV 1894).
Walton, Frank (1840-1928; English) ‘Summer has gone on swallows’ wings’ (c.1890) Oil on canvas, 152.7 x 121.8 cm Purchased, 1892 National Gallery of Victoria (p.398.2-1) The 1894 NGV catalogue indicates that this landscape was shown at the Royal Academy in 1891, and notes that the artist was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours.
Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903; English) Jealous 1875 Oil on canvas, 49.3 x 64.2 cm Purchased, 1875 (advice of Archibald Michie and Charles Gavan Duffy) National Gallery of Victoria (p.305.2-1) Like Schenck Anguish {1879} NGV [PA] and Rivière Deer Stealers 1875 {1876} NGV [PA] – but in a lighter vein – this painting correlates animal and human emotions. The painting
Walker, Frederick (1840-75; English) The Right of Way (1875) Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 112.0 cm Purchased, 1891 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.395.3-1) A widely-praised social realist painter and illustrator, Walker died of tuberculosis at the age of only 35. This charming painting, one of his last (it is unfinished), was praised
Works included in this catalogue Waite Coaxing Ways {1895} NGV [PA] Waite Abram Louis Buvelot 1894 {1896} NGV [PA] After an earlier career as a genre and landscape painter in England, Waite migrated to Melbourne in 1886, and established himself as a portraitist. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Artists’ Society (1888), and
Waite, James Clarke (1832-1920; English) Abram Louis Buvelot 1894 Oil on canvas, 76.3 x 63.8 cm Presented by Waite, 1896 National Gallery of Victoria (24-2) A posthumous image of the so-called “father of Australian Impressionism,” who died at the age of 74 in 1888 (see linked entry on Buvelot for further details). Refs. AR 1896,
Waite, James Clarke (1832-1920; English/Australian) Coaxing Ways Oil on canvas, 60.8 x 50.9 cm Purchased, 1895 National Gallery of Victoria (16-2) Together with other works (see e.g. Withers Tranquil Winter 1895 {1895} NGV [PA]), this modest canvas was bought from the Victorian Artists’ Society, of which Waite was a foundation member. Refs. AR 1895, p.25; NGV
Guérard, Eugène von (1811-1901; Austrian/ Australian) Spring in the valley of the Mitta Mitta with the Bogong Ranges 1866 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 106.7 cm Presented by Archibald Michie, 1866 National Gallery of Victoria (p.300.14-1) This work, the earliest of von Guérard’s works acquired for Melbourne, was donated together with Gritten View on Jackson’s
Guérard, Eugène von (1811-1901; Austrian/Australian) Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges) 1866 Oil on canvas, 108.2 x 153.3 cm Purchased, 1870 National Gallery of Victoria (p.302.13-1) Like the artist’s well-known view from the summit of Mt Kosciuszko (NGA, Canberra, 1863), the present canvas was based on sketches he made during an arduous
Vibert, Jehan Georges (1840-1902; French) French Artists in a Spanish Posada (The Siesta) 1862 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 99.4 cm Purchased, 1864 (advice of Sir Charles Eastlake) National Gallery of Victoria (p.301.8-1) This youthful work, with which Vibert debuted at the Paris Salon in 1863, helped make his name. It was one of the