Launceston and the River Tamar by John Glover, 1767-1849

Australia, 1979

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Episode number 6 of Series “The Australian eye II”.
Examines John Glover’s (1767-1849) sympathetic rendition of the countryside of Tasmania. ‘Launceston and the River Tamar’ (1832) was the earliest landscape breaking from the European manner.

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Credits

director

David Muir

producer

Malcolm Otton

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:09:40:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Appears in

The Australian eye II

Group of items

The Australian eye II

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

321938

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Glover, John, 1767-1849

Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

People → Artists - Biography

People → Glover, John, 1767-1849

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Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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