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| Keywords: Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898.jpg Bushfires ravaged Gippsland in the summer of 1897 “98 covering an area of about 1600 square kilometres The worst day 1 February 1898 was named ˜Red Tuesday ™ recalling that other day of horror so memorably recorded by William Strutt in his Black Thursday February 6th 1851 John Longstaff visited Gippsland later in February 1898 to view the fires at first hand and collect material for a major picture Gippsland Sunday night February 20th 1898 was exhibited in a dramatic installation in his Melbourne studio in August 1898 A row of kerosene-lamp ˜footlights ™ provided the illumination and the effect was said to be ˜lurid and startlingly realistic ™ -- http //www ngv vic gov au/bushfire/lon shtml image from http //www ngv vic gov au/collection/australian/painting/l/images/apa00490 jpg the painting is owned by the http //www ngv vic gov au/collection/australian/painting/l/apa00490 html National Gallery of Victoria 1898 John Longstaff 1862 - 1941 As the image is now public domain due to the age of the work permission is no longer required There is a different shaded version slightly bigger at http //www ngv vic gov au/bushfire/lon shtml Art of Australia Bushfires in Australia John Longstaff 20 February 1898 in Australia People with fire in art Fire in paintings 1898 paintings Gippsland Template artwork possible PD-Australia The fire was very bad | ||||
