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Hilaire Syme dressed for the Kismit Ball

Alice MILLS
Hilaire Syme dressed for the Kismit Ball
 (1912-1915)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph, pencil

Measurements
21.3 × 15.9 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Veronica Condon, Geoffrey Haggard and Jennifer Smyth, descendants of Sir Geoffrey Syme K. B. E., Managing Editor of The Age newspaper (1908-42), 2005

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
inscribed in pencil (diagonally) (in image) l.r.: Alice Mills
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: Hilaire Syme Kismet Ball (about 11)

Accession Number
2005.56

Department
Australian Photography

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Young girl dressed in Arabian-style costume and beads surrounded by hand-drawn objects.

Frame
Original, by D. Bernard & Co., Melbourne

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