Description: H.J. JOHNSTONE
1835-1907
A Billabong in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia 1878
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'H. J. Johnstone. 1878' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed 'A Billabong in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia / H.J. Johnstone. 1878' verso
50.5 x 76.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Mr Charles Crocker, San Francisco
Private Collection, San Francisco
EXHIBITED
(Possibly)
The Eighth Exhibition of the Victorian Academy of Arts, Victorian Academy of Arts Gallery, Melbourne, 27 April - May 1878, no. 116, 'Twilight on the River Goulburn'
LITERATURE
(Possibly) 'The Academy of Art',
The Argus, Melbourne, 27 April 1878, p. 9
(Possibly) 'The Victorian Academy of Art',
The Age, Melbourne, 29 April 1878, p. 3
(Possibly) 'Fine Arts. The Academy of Arts',
The Australasian, Melbourne, 4 May 1878, p. 2
Earl Shinn,
Art Treasures of America, George Barrie, Philadelphia, 1880, Vol. 2, p. 57