TitlePainting, La Perouse Headland, Paul Tanner Datec 1872About this objectThe oil painting features the La Perouse Headland and Frenchman’s Bay in around 1872, prior to the construction of the Cable Station.
‘Paul Tanner lived for some time in Springwood. His father was the station master there. It was at this time that he took art lessons from Norman Lindsay. He then moved to Randwick, where he remained for the rest of his life, a poor and humble man. But he went blind from glaucoma and carved wooden things then. He had a couple of interesting paintings in his collection, one of which my uncle donated to the Gallery of South Australia.’ – Wendy Tanner, granddaughter of Paul TannerObject No.2020.7Physical descriptionThe oil painting features the La Perouse Headland and Frenchman’s Bay in around 1872. The Laperouse Monument is visible on the Headland without a fence surrounding it. A small gazebo perches on the edge of the Headland, possibly with a touch of artistic license. There are two small boatsheds on the beach and three men in a rowboat on the bottom right of the image. The painting pre-dates the Cable Station, which was constructed in 1881-82. CreatorTanner, PaulInscriptions & marksVerso: ‘WINDSOR & NEWTON'S [...] CANVAS [...] LONDON’ printed on canvas, above an upside-down handwritten note reading ‘La Perouse 1872’. A stretcher key is missing on the top right corner.DimensionsH: 22.5cm
W: 30.5cmMaterialoil on canvastimberSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance c 1872 – painted by Paul Tanner;
2021 – donated to the La Perouse Museum by Wendy Tanner, Paul Tanner’s granddaughterCredit lineGift of Wendy Tanner, 2021Acquisition date2021Organisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)CategoryMuseum | Social historyThemesSocial history
