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The carters' rest, Eagle Street 1913

Artwork The carters' rest, Eagle Street this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1913-01-01
Accession No.
2006.024a
Date Created
1913
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
33 x 42cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Place Created
Brisbane
Credit Line
Purchased 2005

The pristine colours in this painting reveal Vida Lahey’s accomplished technique at an early stage of her career. This view of the historic Eagle Street fountain in central Brisbane shows the city’s bustling commercial activity. Carters and horses, then employed by Bryce’s City and Suburban Parcel Delivery, rest in the shelter of a tree before venturing out on their rounds of the suburbs. Some 20 years later, the horses and carts were largely replaced by motor vehicles.

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Kenneth Macqueen / Australia NSW 1897 - 1960 / Harvesting scene (detail) c.1956 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / Purchased 1956 / Collection: QAGOMA / © QAGOMA / A watercolour landscape depicting rolling fields in shades of green and yellow, with hills in the background shadowed by clouds.

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