| Description |
v, 181 pages : illustrations (some colour, some folded-out), maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Elegance in exile -- 2. The polite and elegant art of drawing -- 3. A shocking story told, and a true one -- 4. Yielding to the allurements of folly and extravagance -- 5. The artist is a prisoner - but a very clever man -- 6. The proper, the legitimate owners of the soil -- 7. Her Ladyship's eccentricities -- 8. Portraits of our esteemed and venerated colonists -- 9. The steady and respectful manner in which he has behaved himself |
| Summary |
"The artists Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius are recognised today for the portraits they created in the first half of the nineteenth century. Exiled to Australia as convicts, they produced some of the most elegant and significant Australian portraits of the period. The drawings, watercolours, sketches, prints and miniatures examined ... encompass the stories of Indigenous leaders, governors, explorers, administrators and gentry, as well as colonists of less illustrious or ex-convict stock. A fine and vivid record of Australian colonial life, society and identity, 'Elegance in Exile' examines the conditions under which these artists practised, exploring patronage of the arts in colonial Sydney and Hobart and profiles the pre-eminence of drawing and printmaking in the early years of the visual arts in Australia." -- Back cover |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Colonisation, imperialism & post-colonialism (Australia) |
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Drawing (Australia) |
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Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes some fold-out illustrations |
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Maps on endpapers: Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August, 1822; Plan of the city of Hobart Town, compiled partly from Frankland's map, & partly from recent surveys (4 September 1854) |
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Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 1 June-26 August 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) |
| Notes |
Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 1 June-26 August 2012 |
| Subject |
Bock, Thomas, 1793-1855 -- Exhibitions.
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Bock, Thomas, 1793-1855.
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Read, Richard, 1778?-1826?
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Read, Richard, 1778?-1826? -- Exhibitions
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Read, Richard, approximately 1765-1827?
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Rodius, Charles, 1802-1860 -- Exhibitions
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Rodius, Charles, 1802-1860
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Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 1794-1847 -- Exhibitions.
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Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 1794-1847.
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National Portrait Gallery (Australia) -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Colonial -- Australia -- Exhibitions.
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Artists -- Australia -- New South Wales -- 19th century.
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Artists -- Australia -- Tasmania -- 19th century.
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Drawing -- Australia -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait drawing -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing -- Australia -- 19th century.
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Portrait drawing -- Australia -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait drawing, Australian -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait drawing -- Australia -- 19th century.
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Portraits, Colonial -- Australia.
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Portraits, Colonial -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Portraits, Colonial -- Australia -- Tasmania.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
National Portrait Gallery (Australia), host institution
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| ISBN |
9780987073556 (hbk) |
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