Tug Boat 1886

JOHN MATHER (1848-1916)

Tug Boat 1886

watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
38.5 x 58.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: J. Mather. 7.86.

Provenance:
Hawthorn Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 13 December 2009, lot 283
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Sea of Dreams: The Lure of Port Phillip Bay 1830-1914, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, 7 December 2011 - 19 February 2012

Reference:
Sea of Dreams: The Lure of Port Phillip Bay 1830-1914, exhibition catalogue, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, 2011, pp. 48-49, 72, p.48 (illus.)
Allen, C., 'Bay watch puts Melbourne in a new nautical perspective', The Australian, 4 February 2012

Estimate: $8000 - 10000

Result Hammer: $6000