Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926; American) A Devil of Notre Dame 1893 Pen & ink Purchased, 1895 National Gallery of Victoria (4-2) “Selected by the artist, at the request of the Trustees” (NGV 1905). Pennell, a noted etcher and illustrator, advised the NGV on the purchase of a number of graphic works by various artists, between c.1894
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Phil (1864-1903; English) Untitled [Lord Carrington and New South Wales] 1888 Pen & ink on artist board, 36.8 x 47.0 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30386) This drawing depicts New South Wales as a young woman, seated demurely at the left, and Lord Carrington, NSW Governor 1885-89, standing to the right,
May, Phil (1864-1903; English) The Parkes Appropriation 1888 Pen & ink on white Bristol Board, 38.5 x 31.6 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30388) This drawing, published on the front page of The Bulletin on 21 January 1888 (the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet), refers to a proposal
May, Phil (1864-1903; English) “The Mother of Civilization” 1888 Pen & ink on white paper laid down on board, 38.6 x 31.6 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30387) The title below this caricature, published on the front page of The Bulletin, 18 February 1888, reads: “‘New South Wales is the mother
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) “Jumps and Jim Jams: What Mr Brown saw last Christmas” 1888 Pen & ink on cream Bristol Board, 47.0 x 37.1 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30389) This elaborate caricature was published in the Christmas supplement of the Bulletin, 22 December 1888 (in the form of
May, Phil (1864-1903; English) Dishing his Enemies [Griffith’s Policy] 1888 Pen & ink on white paper laid down on card, 31.0 x 24.5 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30382) This satirical drawing, published on the front page of The Bulletin, 17 March 1888 (as reproduced below), shows a swagman puzzled by
May, Phil (1864-1903; English) The Diamond Doctor: ‘See how it sparkles’ [Dr James Beaney] 1888 Pen & ink on white paper laid down on board, 31.2 x 20.5 cm Purchased, 1903 (advice of Bernard Hall) State Library of Victoria (H30383) This drawing, published on the front page of The Bulletin, 29 Sept.1888 (reproduced below), depicts Melbourne
Mahoney, James (1810-79; Irish) Pickwick finds Sam Weller Pencil and wash drawing on wood block, 8.0 x 11.7 x 2.3 cm Purchased, 1896 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (28-2) Sam Weller is shown here at his discovery by Mr Pickwick at London’s White Hart Inn, in Charles Dickens’ first novel The Pickwick Papers
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, 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, 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),
Laer, Pieter van, also known as Bamboccio (1599-c.1642?; Dutch) Study of a Male Figure Red chalk, c. 30.5 x 28 cm Presented by Eliezer Montefiore, 1869 Unidentified; present location unknown Like the other Old Master drawings donated by Montefiore, this example no longer seems to be in the Melbourne collection, although other works by van Laer,
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, 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
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807; Swiss/Austrian) Cupid and the Three Graces Pen and wash, c.20 cm in diameter Gift of Eliezer Montefiore, 1869 Unidentified; present location unknown Kauffmann (also known as Kaufman) was a noted Neoclassical painter who worked mainly in London and Rome. Other works by or after her, acquired after 1905, are held in the
Houghton, Arthur Boyd (1836-75; English) Preparatory woodblock for Untitled (Mother, child and father seated on couch) Pencil and gouache on wood, 13.0 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm Purchased, 1897 (advice of Joseph Pennell) National Gallery of Victoria (27-2) The artist was best known for his wood engravings, of which the NGV holds several impressions, acquired
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) 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.
Hodges, William (1774-97; English) or Webber, John (1751-93; English) (?) Native of Otaheite Chalk (?), c.63.5 x 45.72 cm Presented by the Hon. C.J.Ham, 1882 Unidentified; present location unknown This was one of the four drawings from James Cook’s voyages donated to the Melbourne collection in 1882, all of them regarded at the time as the
Hodges, William (1774-97; English) [A Man of] Mallicolo [Maleluka] 1774 Red chalk on card, 65 x 47.2 cm Presented by the Hon.C.J.Ham, 1882 State Library of Victoria (H5274) One of several drawings donated in 1882 as the work of John Webber, but now assigned correctly to Hodges (see references below). This example was made in
Hodges, William (1774-97; English) [A View of the South Entrance of Dusky Bay] 1773 Indian ink on tinted paper, heightened in white, 37.3 x 53 cm Presented by the Hon.C.J.Ham, 1882 State Library of Victoria (H5276) This drawing, one of several previously attributed incorrectly to John Webber, dates from Cook’s sojourn in New Zealand in
Hodges, William (1774-97; English) [A Party of Maoris in a Canoe] 1773 Indian ink on tinted paper, with added colour, 37.5 x 53 cm Presented by the Hon.C.J.Ham, 1882 State Library of Victoria (H5215) This was one of several prints and drawings relating to Captain James Cook’s voyages, presented to the Melbourne collection by Ham, mayor
Gregory, Charles (1840-98; English) Flight into Alexinatz, Servian War Brush and wash on paper, approx.29 x 48 cm Purchased, 1881 National Gallery of Victoria (p.168.14-1) Gregory was one of a number of British journalists and war artists noted for their reporting of the Serbo-Turkish War (1876-78), in which Serbia and Montenegro, fighting in support of