The Artists

Walter Withers

WALTER WITHERS
THE DROVER, 1912

WALTER WITHERS
Born England 1854, Arrived Australia 1883, Died 1914

THE DROVER, 1912
oil on canvas 102.0 x 127.4 cm
Collection: Bendigo Art Gallery

The local Eltham butcher, Mr Capewell, posed with his horse and dog, in Eltham for this work. Withers’ wife described the painting as realistic, depicting an incident in the life of the fast disappearing drover: ‘The sheep are being driven through a ‘difficult passage’ in the heart of the Bush. The time is noon, on a hot Summer’s day, the dust rising from the ground and almost obscuring the wagon. The drover himself is mounted on an old horse, and has just signalled his dog to cease driving the sheep which are crowding into the narrow space left between the heavily timbered trees.’

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Left: Arthur Streeton - Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.