Going out with the Tide c1882

Robert Dowling (1827-1886)

Going out with the Tide c1882

oil on canvas
93.0 x 127.0 cm
bears date and inscription verso: Going out with the Tide/ by/ R. Dowling/ 1885

Provenance:
The artist
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 139
Private collection, Sydney
This work was painted in London and first brought to Australia by the artist in 1884.

Exhibited:
Victorian Jubilee Exhibition, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1 November 1884 - 31 January 1885, cat.414
On loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, June 1885
On loan to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, July 1885
Victorian Court at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 4 May - 10 November 1886

Reference:
Once a Month: An Illustrated Australasian Magazine, Melbourne, vol.2, no.1, 15 January 1885, p.474
'News of the Day,' Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 1 June 1885, p.7
'Melbourne Tea-Table Talk,' The West Australian, Perth, 10 August 1886, p.3
Jones, J., Robert Dowling: Tasmanian Son of Empire, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2010, pp.155, 158

Estimate: $12000 - 16000