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Brisbane River, Bulimba Reach 1894

Accession No.
2004.194.002
Date Created
1894
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
12.8 x 20cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
oil
Medium
Oil on cardboard
Place Created
Brisbane
Credit Line
Gift from the Estate of Dr Elizabeth (Pat) Marks through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

The suburb of Bulimba was largely a rural and agricultural area for most of the nineteenth century. A boat building industry also began in the 1860s and in 1880 another industrial complex, the Apollo Candle works was established, and a tin smelting works shortly afterwards. By 1894, when Isaac Walter Jenner painted Bulimba Reach, the industrial activity of the suburb had progressed even further as attested by his inclusion of several smokestacks in the painting. The steam and sail boats on the river further the impression of a busy port.

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Slider: UV, Brisbane River, Bulimba Reach 1894 JENNER, Isaac Walter Slider: UV, Brisbane River, Bulimba Reach 1894 JENNER, Isaac Walter

Raking light

Slider: Raking light, Brisbane River, Bulimba Reach 1894 JENNER, Isaac Walte Slider: Raking light, Brisbane River, Bulimba Reach 1894 JENNER, Isaac Walter

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