Painting
Maker & role
Reverend Robert G Fraser (b.1832, d.1905), Artist
Production date
1869
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Object detail
Title
Untitled (Schooner at sail off the coast of Portobello, Edinburgh?)
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 49.5 x W: 70cm (H: 495 x W: 700mm)
Signature & marks
Signed in red 'R G Fraser / 1869' on sail of large boat
Registration number applied verso RHS
Registration number applied verso RHS
Credit line
Gift, NSW Department of Planning and Environment, 1987
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Untitled [Schooner at sail off the coast of Portobello, Edinburgh? ]. Reverend Robert Fraser, Edinburgh, 1869.
Description
Signed 'R G Fraser [the Rev. Robert George Fraser]/ 1869' in red on the sail of the larger boat, this scene of a schooner at sail in rough ocean waters may be off the coast of Portobello, Edinburgh; in the distance at left brush strokes suggest buildings wth chimneys and a pier. Loch-side and coastal scenes are common in the painting collection at Rouse Hill, this one is unusual though in that the actual land is only a minor part of the composition.
This is one of several paintings of Scottish scenes located in the back hall at Rouse Hill by the artist Rev. Robert G. Fraser. In July 1868 Bessie Buchanan (later Rouse) and her parents William and Elizabeth, who were then staying with Fraser’s father the Rev. Robert William Fraser in Edinburgh (Bessie and Robert William were cousins), visited an exhibition of his paintings. When the Buchanans left Britain Fraser Snr. wrote to his uncle following up on an offer he had made to take several of his son's views back to Australia with him, with the hope of promoting sales to other expatriate Scots. From 1868-88 Fraser exhibited 20 paintings in 13 shows at the Scottish Royal Academy, all of Scottish landscapes. The number of Scottish scenes in the painting collection at Rouse Hill reflects Bessie's interest in her Scottish and Irish ancestry.
This is one of several paintings of Scottish scenes located in the back hall at Rouse Hill by the artist Rev. Robert G. Fraser. In July 1868 Bessie Buchanan (later Rouse) and her parents William and Elizabeth, who were then staying with Fraser’s father the Rev. Robert William Fraser in Edinburgh (Bessie and Robert William were cousins), visited an exhibition of his paintings. When the Buchanans left Britain Fraser Snr. wrote to his uncle following up on an offer he had made to take several of his son's views back to Australia with him, with the hope of promoting sales to other expatriate Scots. From 1868-88 Fraser exhibited 20 paintings in 13 shows at the Scottish Royal Academy, all of Scottish landscapes. The number of Scottish scenes in the painting collection at Rouse Hill reflects Bessie's interest in her Scottish and Irish ancestry.
Accession number
R89/22
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