Lock on the Thames
1885
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 139.5 × 122.6 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed (diagonally) in brown paint l.l.: James Webb / 1885
- Accession Number
- 140-2
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alfred Felton, 1904
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Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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James Webb was a pupil of Clarkson Stanfield whose magnificent painting of Mt St Michael, Cornwall is hanging in this room. Like his teacher, Webb too specialised in marine landscapes and also painted that prominent landmark. This work, however, possibly owes more to the great landscape artist John Constable than Stanfield. Webb was a regular contributor to exhibitions at the RA and Society of British Artists for over 30 years. This painting came from the collection of Alfred Felton, the great benefactor of the NGV.
- Subjects (general)
- Landscapes Structures
- Subjects (specific)
- barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) boatmen locks (hydraulic structures) riverine landscapes rivers Thames (river) United Kingdom (nation) water transport
- Provenance
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Collection of William Lynch (1839–1901) and Caroline Dexter (1819–84), Melbourne, before 1890 until 1903; included in the sale of the Lynch collection, Gemmell, Tucker & Co., Melbourne, 14-15 December 1903, no. 185; from where purchased by Alfred Felton (1831–1904), Melbourne; collection of Alfred Felton, Melbourne, until 1904; by whom bequeathed to the NGV, 1904.
Exhibited Exhibition of Works by Victorian Artists and a Loan Collection of Pictures, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1890, no. 185, lent by W. Lynch.
Colourmen
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- Colourman
- WINSOR & NEWTON
- Location of stamp
- Lower right quadrant of canvas reverse.
- Transcript
- PREPARED BY/WINSOR & NEWTON,/LIMITED/38, RATHBONE PLACE,/LONDON.
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