Evoking the 18th Century 2007. Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Galley.
Thomas Patch [1725-1782 British] The Harbour, Naples. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 1952 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society. [1-1952]
Salvator Rosa [1615-1673 Italian]. Rocky Landscape with Figures. 17th Century. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 1974 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society. [8-1974]
Thomas Gainsborough and John Hoppner [1727-1788, 1758-1810 British] Charlotte, Countess Talbot c 1784. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 1958 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society through the Peter Smeaton Fund. [6-1958]
Joshua Reynolds [1723-1792 British] Maria, Countess Waldegrave 1764-1765. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 1947 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society. [4-1947]
Allan Ramsay [1713-1784 Scottish] Sir Edward Kynaston of Hardwick 1750 Oil on canvas Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 1960 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society.
Evoking the 18th Century
Works from the DPAG Collection
17 March 2007 - 28 October 2007
Furniture, ceramics, sculpture, paintings and works on paper are combined to evoke the the aesthetics of an English 18th century interior and highlight the intellectual and aesthetic interests of 18th-century collectors and designers. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the occasion of Rewriting the Long Eighteenth Century, the David Nichol Seminar in 18th century Studies XIII, organised and presented by the English Department at the University of Otago, 10–14 April 2007.
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