From the early 1800s, the British were encouraged to emigrate to Australia and become wealthy by working the land or, from the 1850s, by trying their luck on the goldfields. This work represents the changing popular response to emigration to Australia.When
Abraham Solomon painted
Second Class in 1854, circumstances in England and Australia had changed dramatically. Gold had been discovered in Australia, transportation had virtually ceased and the political print had lost its popularity in England.
Solomon’s painting shows a
young man leaving for the goldfields, his family accompanying him on the train journey. The work is aimed at a sentimental middle-class market – when will the mother see her son again?This painting forms part of a wider genre presenting free settlers (and gold rush emigrants) to Australia and other British empire colonies. After receiving accolades at the Royal Academy,
Second Class, together with its counterpart First Class 1954, became popular through printed reproductions,being produced as a lithographic print both in England and Germany.Roger ButlerText ©
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010From: Anne Gray (ed),
Australian art in the
National Gallery of Australia,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002
Otázky a odpovědi
Je dílo Second Class - the parting: ručně malované, nebo jde o tisk?
Ručně malováno: zkušený malíř přetvoří Second Class - the parting: v olejomalbu na lněném plátně.
Jakou velikost si mám vybrat pro Second Class - the parting: ?
Rozměry originálu jsou 966 x 694 cm. Velikosti se pohybují od 25.8 x 38.7 cm (Kč4367) až po 164.8 x 246.8 cm (Kč33187); v tabulce na této stránce jsou uvedeny jednotlivé varianty a jejich ceny.
Jak dlouho trvá doručení?
Doručení trvá 4 až 5 týdnů a zahrnuje bezplatnou expresní přepravu po celém světě; na této stránce je k dispozici i možnost urgentní výroby. Dílo můžete vrátit během 100 dnů s plným vrácením peniędzy, bez jakýchkoliv podmínek.
Kde se nachází originál díla Second Class - the parting: ?
Originál se nachází ve sbírkách National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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