Southwold, Suffolk
(c. 1875)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
48.6 × 89.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Edwards, 1905
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The freshness and vividness – what was described at the time as the virtually photographic realism – of Edwin Edwards’s etched and painted studies of the English coast owed much to a special glasshouse that he had constructed. Within this glass box he was able to paint ‘outdoors’ all year round, even in the snowy depths of winter, while Mrs Edwards constantly wiped the condensation from the transparent walls.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
241-2
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
beaches boats coastal landscapes dunes Southwold (inhabited place) Suffolk (county) United Kingdom (nation) waterfronts
Provenance
Remained with the artist until his death, 1879; by descent to his widow, until 1905; by whom donated to the NGV, 1905.