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456880
  • Title
    [Kapunda Copper Mine], 1867 / by James Howe Carse
  • Creator
  • Call number
    V3B/Kapu/1
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1867
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    456880
  • Physical Description
    1 watercolour - 38 x 69 cm.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Born in Scotland a son of Alexander Carse, a painter of Scottish genre scenes. He arrived in Australia probably 1867 when he is known to have been in South Australia. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870 and a foundation member of the Art Society of New South Wales when it was formed in 1880 by a group of professional artists. During the later part of his life Carse lived in Mosman Bay, probably with long-time friend the painter George Podmore. He died in 1900 from the affects of alcohol -- Dictionary of Australian Artists / Joan Kerr, 1992, p. 137.
  • Scope and Content
    Landscape scene with two men and dog on a hill overlooking the town of Kapunda with the copper mine in the distance
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    No title on work. Title from pencil inscription on reverse of watercolour in possibly Mitchell Library Officer's hand.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Date and initials of artist in lower left hand corner
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