One of three Thallon frames on watercolours by Mather in the collection, all of which use frames more commonly associated with oil paintings, framed to the edge of the support, without using a matt. The watercolour itself has been adhered to a canvas and carries an additional paper border, glued around the edges and showing two dark pencil lines. Here the frame takes a more severe Classical form with a sloping bevel running down to a broad, sanded flat. The frame adds considerable weight to the painting. The breadth of the flat in part takes the place of the wide matt that might otherwise have been used in the framing of a watercolour. Only a remnant of the paper label identifying the framer remains on the reverse of the frame. See also entries for Lake Omeo (p.431.2-1) and Wintry Weather, Yarra Glen (15-2).