Portrait of C. S. Paterson 1888

Tom Roberts (1856-1931)

Portrait of C. S. Paterson 1888

oil on canvas
99.5 x 75.0 cm

signed with initials and dated lower left: T.R. 88

Provenance:

Mr Charles Stewart Paterson, Melbourne, 1888

Thence by descent, Mr John Ford Paterson Jnr

Thence by descent, Mr C. J. Paterson & Ms A. P. Dorston

Thence by descent, Mrs A. R. Hoskings

Thence by descent, Mr Hugh Paterson, Victoria

Exhibited:

Centennial International Exhibition (2nd Order of Merit), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1 August 1888 - 31 January 1889, no.19

Autumn Exhibition 1979, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 5 - 20 April 1979, cat.40

Reference:

Table Talk, Melbourne, 27 April 1888, p.12

'Exhibition Notes,' The Herald, Melbourne, 9 July 1888, p.3

'The Victorian Artists' Gallery,' The South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 2 August 1888, p.6

Lake, J., Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne: Official Guide to the Picture Galleries, and Catalogue of Fine Arts, M. L. Hutchinson, Melbourne, 4th edition, 1889, p.119, no.19

'Exhibition Awards,' The Age, Melbourne, 19 January 1889, p.11

The Argus, Melbourne, 19 January 1889, p.10

'The Centennial Exhibition,' The Australasian, Melbourne, 26 January 1889, p.32

Spate, V., Tom Roberts, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1972, p.106 (illus. pl.34): 'his best academic portraits, like that of C. S. Paterson of 1888 (Illus. 34) show that Roberts could ... create satisfactory design and likeness from the old formula.'

Topliss, H., Tom Roberts: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, vol.1, p.105, cat.110 (illus. vol.2, pl.49)

Bonyhady, T., The Colonial Earth, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, 2003, p.246

Morton-Evans, C. & Morton Evans, M., The Flower Hunter: The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2009, p.100

Montana, A., 'Arabesques of Beauty: Cullis Hill, the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Decorative Decor and Painting,' La Trobe Journal, Melbourne, September 2014, no.93-94, p.98

Estimate: $120000 - 180000

Result Hammer: $190000