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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  111
• Lot Description:
  AWARD CERTIFICATE, "Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Melbourne, 1879-80"
  awarded to Jessie L. Evans of Brighton for Collection of pressed Seaweed, (minor faults), signed by Sir Redmond Barry (later, the judge who presided over final trial of Ned Kelly), window mounted, overall 54x70cm. The ornate certificate was lithographed by A. Izett Watson and printed by De Grucy & Co.
• Notes:
  The president of the Exhibition was Redmond Barry, who strongly supported public education, and the intention of the Exhibition was 'purely as an Educational Movement, undertaken with a view of inciting a spirit of healthy emulation in the minds of the youth of both sexes throughout the Australian Colonies' (Official Catalogue, p.iii). Gold and silver medals and certificates of merit were awarded to outstanding entrants. Prizes in money and articles were also presented to the 'best inventors and best exhibits'. Jessie L. Evans [1860-1943] A long-time resident of Brighton, Evans studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne alongside E. Phillips Fox, Arthur Streeton and Fred McCubbin. Despite this august group of peers, her own artistic career was constrained by the social conventions of her time. Evans' father restricted her participation in exhibitions with the result that her surviving works are rarely titled or dated. In 1889 the famous 9 x 5 Impression Exhibition was held just down the road from the National Gallery School. Considering that the exhibitors included many of her former fellow students, it seems likely that Evans not only saw the exhibited works but was involved in subsequent lively discussions about the show in Melbourne art circles. Even though she did not exhibit after 1896, she continued to paint throughout her life.
• Estimate:
  A$750 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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