The frame is reliably given to Dolman as manufacturer despite not carrying any identifying marks. Herkomer used Dolman to build frames of this type toward the end of the century.1 The recognition that the frame does not come to pieces for transport suggests unusually high costs in shipping from London. It was more common for large frames to be made in four sections, disassembled for shipping, quite probably to reduce transport costs.2 The fluted wooden section is notable on a number of frames made by John Thallon around this time, for both Travelling Scholarship pictures and works by the Director, Bernard Hall. The painting appears in this frame p.98 of the Illustrated Catalogue of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1911: View of the Stawell Gallery, North End.
2 See, for example, entries for Aby Altson (6-2), John Longstaff (48-2), Edwin Long (p.307.1-1).