Selected images from the exhibition


Richard BROWNE, The Emu Richard BROWNE
Australia, 1776 - 1824
The Emu
1820, Sydney
watercolour & pen & ink on paper
33.5 x 27.8 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection 1988
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Rupert BUNNY, Ancilla Domini Rupert BUNNY
Australia, 1864 - 1947
Ancilla Domini
c.1896, Paris
oil on canvas
100.3 x 110.4 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection and The Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 1996
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Nicholas CHEVALIER, Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition Nicholas CHEVALIER
Australia/New Zealand, 1828 - 1902
Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition
1860, Melbourne
oil on canvas
97.4 x 153.2 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection 1993
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Robert DOWLING, Group of Natives of Tasmania Robert DOWLING
Australia, 1827 - 1886
Group of Natives of Tasmania
1860, London
oil on canvas
45.6 x 91.4 cm
Gift of the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation and the M.J.M. Carter AO Collection 1988
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Benjamin DUTERRAU, Jack, a Tasmanian Aboriginal, holding a club Benjamin DUTERRAU
Australia, 1767 - 1851
Jack, a Tasmanian Aboriginal, holding a club
1841, Hobart
oil on canvas
83.0 x 71.5 cm
M.J.M Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation to mark the Gallery's 125th anniversary 2006
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

S.T. GILL, Agricultural and Horticultural Show, Adelaide S. T. GILL
Australia, 1818 - 1880
Agricultural and Horticultural Show, Adelaide
1843, Adelaide
watercolour on paper
20.8 x 30.8 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2004
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

John GLOVER, Cattle. The last gleam of the setting sun John GLOVER
Britain/Australia, 1767 - 1849
Cattle. The last gleam of the setting sun
1816, London
oil on canvas
163.0 x 246.0 cm
Given to honour the achievements of Ron Radford AM as Curator and Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia (1980-2004) M.J.M. Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2005
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

JAPAN, Meiji period, Okimono, Hotei Japan
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Okimono, Hotei
late 19th century
horn & colourants
12.5 cm (high), signed: Shoko or Katsumitsu
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection 2004
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

VIETNAM, Plate Vietnam
Northern Trinh Period 1539-1787
Plate
late 16th century, Chu Dau region,Hai Duong
stoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
37.2 cm (diam)
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
M.J.M Carter AO Collection 1972

Eugene von GUÉRARD, Castle Rock, Cape Schanck Eugene von GUÉRARD
Australia, 1811 - 1901
Castle Rock, Cape Schanck
1865, Melbourne
oil on canvas
61.0 x 91.3 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 1992
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Isaac WHITEHEAD, In the Sassafras Valley, Victoria Isaac WHITEHEAD
Australia, 1819 - 1881
In the Sassafras Valley, Victoria
1875, Melbourne
oil on canvas
99.2 x 132.9 cm
M.J.M. Carter AO Collection and the South Australian Government 1996
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

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