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An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

1857
Maria Brownrigg

watercolour and collage on paper (sheet: 18.0 cm x 26.5 cm)
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

Purchased 2017

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Artist and subject

Maria Brownrigg (age 45 in 1857)

Marcus Blake Brownrigg (age 22 in 1857)

Annie Henrietta Brownrigg (age 18 in 1857)

Catherine Annette Brownrigg (Katie) (age 17 in 1857)

Caroline Brownrigg (age 14 in 1857)

Crosbie Blake Brownrigg (age 14 in 1857)

Maria Caroline Brownrigg (Emma) (age 12 in 1857)

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The artist and her family, c. 1854 by Martha Berkeley
The artist and her family, c. 1854 by Martha Berkeley
The artist and her family, c. 1854 by Martha Berkeley
The artist and her family, c. 1854 by Martha Berkeley

Presence and absence

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2018

The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

Maria Caroline Brownrigg

About Face article

22 November 2017

At first glance, this small watercolour group portrait of her two sons and four daughters by Maria Caroline Brownrigg (d. 1880) may seem prosaic, even hesitant
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