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C1928
The Scots Church & Manse, 1824-1928
Artist:
Squire Morgan (1886 - 1974)
Morgan etched two versions of this church, this being the earlier scarer version of the two. There are substantial differences between the two versions, in the later version:The car at left has been removed Six figures have been added to … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Scots Church & Manse, 1824-1928
Date:
C1928
Artist:
Squire Morgan (1886 - 1974)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original dry point numbered 19 of 50 and signed in pencil lower right.
Image Size:
280mm
x 170mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1928
Description:
Morgan etched two versions of this church, this being the earlier scarer version of the two.
There are substantial differences between the two versions, in the later version:
The car at left has been removed
Six figures have been added to the foreground
The horse drawn wagon has a horse tied to the rear
The horse drawn wagon has a horse tied to the rear
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: NGA 76.1159 (later version)
Biography:
James Squire Morgan (1886-1974)
James Squire Morgan was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney’s Fort Street High School. Not long after leaving school he decided to become an artist, and from 1905 to 1909 he studied with Julian Ashton and Sydney Long at the Sydney Art School (later known as the Julian Ashton Art School). By this time Morgan seems to have been known personally, and professionally, as Squire Morgan. While his relationship with the influential Julian Ashton is unknown, Morgan was clearly on good terms with Long, and during the early 1920’s acted as his agent in Sydney.
Morgan’s debut as an artist was at the Society of Artists’ (SOA) 1908 spring show at the Society’s rooms at Sydney’s Queen Victoria Markets, where he exhibited five works.
Morgan works focused mainly on landscape views of the New South Wales coast and Sydney’s rural hinterland. Popular sketching spots included Sydney’s northern beaches, especially Dee Why, and the Canberra region.
He is represented in numerous institutional collections, including the Art Gallery of NSW, Mitchell Library, and the National Library of Australia.
