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Henry Tuke (England, b.1858, d.1929)
A sailor's yarn


1887
Painting
oil on canvas
87.6 x 63.5cm stretcher; 115.8 x 91.6 x 9.0cm frame
Purchased 1889
881
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, British & European 19th Century Art Galleries, Court 12


Provenance
Royal Anglo-Australian Society of Artists (Australia), Purchased by the AGNSW from the Anglo-Australian Society of Artists 1889


Bibliography
Scholarly/Book; Catching the light: the art and life of Henry Scott Tuke; Catherine Wallace (England); 2008, 42, 43 (colour illus.), 'Falmouth: life on board the "Julie" 1885-1892', pg.37-47, cat.no.34
Scholarly/Book; British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections; Peter Tomory (United Kingdom), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947); 1997, 169, cat.no. 2170
Book; Tuke under canvas; D. Wainwright, C. Dinn; 1989, 44 (illus.)
Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings; Renée Free (Australia); 1987, 200 (illus.)
Exhibition catalogue; Victorian Social conscience; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1976
Book; Henry Scott Tuke; Maria Sainsbury; 1933, 82, from the diary of her brother kept for 50 years
Periodical; The Pall Mall Gazette; Author Unknown


Exhibition venue
Title: Victorian Childhood
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 08 Feb 1999
Closing: 19 Mar 1999
Curator: Beresford, Richard


Title: Victorian Social Conscience
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 13 Aug 1976
Closing: 19 Sep 1976
Curator: Free, Renée
Notes: cat.no. 63


Title: Anglo-Australian Society of Artists exhibition

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 1889
Closing: 1889
Notes: no. 10


Title: Royal Academy of Arts, 1887

Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Opening: 1887
Closing: 1887
Notes: no. 167


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