Richard Godfrey Rivers b. 1858

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Curator
creator of
Under the jacaranda
Date
Medium
Oil on canvas
URL
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/collection/queensland_heritage/r._godfrey_rivers

The work depicts Rivers and his wife Selina being served tea by a maid/waitress at a small table and chairs beneath a large jacaranda tree in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens adjacent to the Brisbane Technical College (now Queensland University of Technology) where Rivers was an art master.