Historical information

This painting by Beth McGregor - an Avonsleigh resident and founding member of the Emerald Museum and Emerald Art Society - is believed to depict a scene from Emerald.

Physical description

This item is a framed landscape oil painting. On its reverse are several pieces of handwritten annotation. It is accompanied by a small piece of card with further handwritten annotation. There is an artist's signature in the bottom-right. The painting depicts three trees and a cottage on flat ground, separated by a fence. The foreground shows red earth - possibly a road - with patches of grass, and trees with white trunks and leaves a blend of red and green. The cottage is white with a red roof. Behind the fence and the cottage, the field continued - with occasional dispersed trees - until the background rises to a hill or mountain.

Inscriptions & markings

Separate Label, Obverse: "Painted and Donated / by / Mrs McGregor"
Separate Label, Reverse: "Donated by / Mrs McGregor"
Obverse, Artists Signature: "Beth McGregor / 1997"
Reverse, Handwritten Attached Label: "LONELY COTTAGE / IN OILS / BY BETH MCGREGOR / [street address] / AVONSLEIGH"
Reverse, Topmost Annotation: "Donated to Emerald Museum by Beth McGregor"
Reverse, Middle-Top Annotation: "Beth McGregor & Husband Robert were founding members of / the Emerald Museum & Emerald Art Society"
Reverse, Printed Sticker Label: "MENTONE ART CENTRE / Shop 21, Thrift Park / 16 Lower Dandenong Rd. / Mentone 3194 Ph. 9583 8835"