• Title
  Item 08: [Mrs. George Vivers : a study, ca. 1922] / painted by George Washington Lambert
• Creator
  George W. (George Washington) Lambert, 1873-1930
• Call number
  ML 605
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  ca. 1922
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  457917
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on wood panel - 41 x 31 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1909, Dr George Vivers began constructing a 3 storey castle at Kings Plains, his family property in Glen Innes NSW first settled in 1832, to woo his Scottish bride [Irene Marks] out to Australia. Unfortunately, she only stayed in the country a couple of years. During this time George Lambert was to paint Mrs Vivers portrait at least twice, the other being 'Lady with a fan (Mrs George Vivers)'. According to Lambert's records, (ref: ML MSS 97/10, 434) "... my next two sitters are charming females, one a Mrs. Vivers who used to be the beautiful Irene Marks". Mrs Vivers did not like the portrait and, as Lambert felt it was an accurate likenesss & chose not to alter it, she decided not to take possession - hence its passing to the Mitchell Library as part of the collection acquired from Lambert's widow in 1931.
  
  References:
  George Lambert 1873-1930 catalogue raisonne by Anne Gray, 1996, p. 110.
  'Lady with a Fan', plate 73, in 'The Art of George Washington Lambert ', Art in Australia,(1924), p.39.
  'Annual collectors exhibition, October/November 1985', plate 57, Trevor Bussell Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra, N.S.W.
• Scope and Content
  Image depicts Mrs. George Vivers, three-quarter length, in a hat holding a parasol in outdoor day wear of the 1920s.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  ML MSS 97/11 p. 207 has listing of 'G.W. Lambert Estate, drawings and paintings ...'. This image is listed as No. 144 'Girl in hat with parasol - Tiranna study'. The same image can be seen in Lambert's painting, 'The Tirranna Picnic Race Meeting', see George W. Lambert a retrospective: heroes and icons by Anne Gray, ML Q759.994/682, p. 196.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 879177
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Unsigned; undated; untitled.
• Name
  Vivers, Irene
  
• Subject
  Clothing and dress
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  parasols
  portraits
  women's clothing & accessories
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1599638

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