Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894. Essayist, poet and novelist
About this artwork
Robert Louis Stevenson, son of the lighthouse engineer, is best known as the author of Treasure Island, 1882, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', 1886. His life began in Edinburgh and ended on Samoa in the South Pacific, which is where this portrait was painted. Dogged by tuberculosis for most of his adult life, the writer had to look for climates more favourable than that of his damp native city. In 1880 he married the American, Mrs Fanny Osbourne, who gave him much needed encouragement and affection.
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artist:Count Girolamo Nerli (1863 - 1926) Italian
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title:Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894. Essayist, poet and novelist
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date created:1892
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.00 x 35.50 cm; Framed: 81.20 x 55.80 x 8.50 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Mrs Turnbull 1915
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accession number:PG 847
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Count Girolamo Nerli
Count Girolamo Nerli
Nerli was born in Siena, the son of a minor Italian aristocrat and an English woman. He studied art in Florence and went to Australia in 1885. There he was associated with the Heidelberg painters and was an important influence on Charles Conder. He settled in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1893 where he...