- Past Exhibition
An Edwardian Summer
The Edwardian era was sandwiched between the great achievements of the Victorian age and the global catastrophe of World War I. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 heralded a new century of significant inventions and social changes, including powered flight, the rise of the motorcar and a new federated Australia.
An Edwardian Summer will present a selection of Arthur Allen's beautiful images, depicting intimate moments with family and friends, motoring and harbour excursions, theatrical celebrities, bush picnics, the introduction of surf bathing on Sydney beaches, processions, pageants and mass celebrations, and new freedoms in fashion. Most have never before been published, and they form an unrivalled personal pictorial record of these rapidly changing times.
The exhibition will also include artworks by Rupert Bunny, Ethel Carrick Fox, Arthur Streeton and Grace Cossington Smith, examples of male and female fashion including evening and day wear, motoring ensembles and children's dress-up costumes, jewellery and accessories, furniture and decorative embellishments characteristic of the Edwardian era.
In association with the State Library NSW
Supporter: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Sponsors: Allens Arthur Robinson, Avant Card













An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An aerial view of the crowd at An Edwardian Summer launch
An aerial view of the crowd at An Edwardian Summer launch

Lucy Turnbull launches An Edwardian Summe
Lucy Turnbull launches An Edwardian Summer

The crowd at An Edwardian Summer Launch
The crowd at An Edwardian Summer Launch

Alan Davies and Caroline Mackaness at An Edwardian Summer launch
Alan Davies and Caroline Mackaness at An Edwardian Summer launch

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view

An Edwardian Summer installation view
An Edwardian Summer installation view