Works by/donated by Queen Victoria included in this catalogue Albert [Prince] after Victoria [Queen] Islay 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] Head of a Dachshund 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Cranach Frederick III 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Voordecker Pigeons 1841 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Carracci (Annibale) (?) Eagles 1841 {1893}
Works by Albert included in this catalogue Albert [Prince] after Victoria [Queen] Islay 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] Head of a Dachshund 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Cranach Frederick III 1840 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Voordecker Pigeons 1841 {1893} NGV [ET] Albert [Prince] after Carracci (Agostino) [attrib.] Eagles 1841 {1893} NGV
Works included in this catalogue Woolner James Clow 1853 {1891} SLV [SC] Woolner La Trobe [plaster medallion] 1853 {by 1880?} SLV [SC] Woolner La Trobe [larger bronze medallion] 1853 {1888} SLV [SC] Woolner La Trobe [smaller bronze medallion] (1853) [1889] NGV [SC] Woolner Edward Wilson {1868} SLV [SC] Woolner Sir Redmond Barry 1878 {1881} NGV [SC] A foundation
Works included in this catalogue * Wood Daphne 1871 {1877} Bendigo [SC] Wood Sir John O’Shanassy 1881 {1888} SLV [SC] Wood – one of Queen Victoria’s favourite artists – spent time near the end of his life in Melbourne, arranging for the completion and installation of his statue of the monarch for Parliament House (finally
Works included in this catalogue Todt Gold Diggers 1854 {1884} NGV [SC] * Todt Richard Heales {by 1865} Loc? [SC] After studying sculpture in Berlin, Todt migrated to Australia in 1849, transferred to the Victorian goldfields in 1851, and then worked as a sculptor in Melbourne for several years. In the Journal of Australasia (1856), he
Works included in this catalogue * Summers (C.F.) Roman Peasant (Male) {1880} Loc? [SC] * Summers (C.F) & Lombardi (G.B.) Shunammite Woman {1884} Bendigo [SC] C.F.Summers trained in Rome with his father, Charles Summers, and collaborated with him on the pair of Roman peasant busts donated to the Melbourne collection in 1880: see also * Summers
Entries in this catalogue reproducing or citing documentary photographs from Boake’s “Melbourne Art Gallery & Museum series” (c.1905): Boehm Young Bull {1888} Melb.Showgrounds [SC] Cranari Perseus {1885} Ballarat [SC] Lombardi (G.B.) First Whisper of Love {1884} Warrnambool [SC] MacDowell Eve {1877} Bendigo [SC] * Summers (Charles) Maternal Affection {1884} Loc? [SC] Summers (C.F. ) & Lombardi (G.B.) Shunammite Woman {1884} Bendigo [SC] Boake migrated
Works included in this catalogue Summers (Charles) John Pascoe Fawkner 1856 {1871} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Sir Redmond Barry {1860} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Seal of the Victorian Exhibition 1862 {by 1865} Mus.Vic. [SC] Summers (Charles) John Pascoe Fawkner 1864 {1871} SLV [SC] Summers (Charles) Sir Henry Barkly 1864 {1865} SLV [SC] * Summers (Charles) Sir Henry
Works included in this catalogue * Mêne The Hawker {1881} Loc? [SC] * Mêne Mare and Foal {1881} Geelong [SC] Mêne, a noted animalier, rivalled Barye. His works appear occasionally on the contemporary art market, sometimes fetching reasonably high prices. Both pre-Felton bronzes were purchased at the 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition, and then de-accessioned in 1943.
Works included in this catalogue * Mackennal Triumph of Truth 1891 {1891} Loc? [SC] Mackennal Louis Buvelot {1902} NGV [SC] Mackennal Madame Melba 1899 {1900} NGV [SC] After training with his father John (1832-1901), a Melbourne sculptor, Mackennal travelled to England in 1882, with an offer of work made by Marshall Wood, when the latter
Works included in this catalogue * Lombardi (Giovita) Fowls – Cocks Fighting {1884} Loc? [SC] * Lombardi (Giovita) Goat and Kid {1884} Loc? [SC] * Lombardi (Giovita) Hen and Chickens {1884} Loc? [SC] The younger brother of G.B.Lombardi, Giovita made a specialty of producing sculptures of barnyard animals, in both marble and bronze. The three examples purchased for
Works included in this catalogue * Lombardi (G.B.) First Whisper of Love {1884} Warrnambool [SC] * Summers (C.F.) & Lombardi (G.B.) Shunammite Woman {1884} Bendigo [SC] Lombardi, from Brescia, was known particularly for his figure sculpture, including numerous replicas and variants. Bénézit records various modern auction sales, often for substantial prices. The artist should be distinguished from
Works included in this catalogue Ball Dean Macartney 1888 {1889} SLV [SC] (begun by Gilbert) Gilbert & Ball Sir Redmond Barry 1887 {1887} SLV [SC] Gilbert, who arrived in Australia in 1854, was placed second behind Charles Summers in the competition to design the Burke & Wills monument in 1862. Later, according to the illuminating account by
Works included in this catalogue * Carrier-Belleuse The Esquire and The Knight {by 1865} Loc? [SC] * Carrier-Belleuse Melody {1904} Loc? [SC] Carrier-Belleuse, described by H.W.Janson (1985) as “the most prolific and versatile sculptor of his time,” was one of the founding members of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1862. He was responsible for
Works included in this catalogue * Boehm [after] Henry Cole 1875 {1876?} Loc? [SC] * Boehm [after] John Ruskin {1876?} Geelong [SC] * Boehm Young Bull {1888} Melb.Showgrounds [SC] Boehm St George 1887 {1888} SLV [SC] Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, born in Vienna, moved to England in 1862, and became a British subject in 1865. He was
Works included in this catalogue * Benzoni Four Seasons {1864} Loc? [SC] * Benzoni Euterpe {1885} Loc? [SC] Benzoni ran a successful studio in Rome, producing neoclassical works for both Italian and international purchasers. Besides the marble sculptures listed above, the pre-Felton Melbourne collection also included a plaster cast of his Diana: see Casts – I.
Works included in this catalogue Ball Dean Macartney 1888 {1889} SLV [SC] * Ball James Moorhouse {1890} Loc? [SC] * Ball J.Cosmo Newbery {1896} Museums Victoria [SC] Gilbert & Ball Redmond Barry 1887 {1887} SLV [SC] The son of a sculptor, Ball was born in London, and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1865