Bourke Street (painting)

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Bourke Street (Allegro con brio)
ArtistTom Roberts
Year1886
Typeoil on canvas on composition board
Dimensions51.2 cm × 76.7 cm (20.2 in × 30.2 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Bourke Street is a

Bourke Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Melbourne as seen from the Buckley & Nunn drapery.[2]

The work was painted a few months after Roberts' return to Australia in 1885, after he had spent four years in Europe .

guineas—forwarding the proceeds to Roberts, who was in London at the time.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bourke Street, Melbourne (picture) / Tom Roberts". Digital collections. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Spate, Virginia. "Bourke Street (Tom Roberts)". EMelbourne. University of Melbourne.
  3. ^ a b McQueen, Humphrey. "Allegro con brio, Bourke Street west". Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

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