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Samuel John Lamorna Birch
Among the hills, Penzance (1917-1925)
watercolour over pencil
49.8 × 59.8 cm (sight)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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Among the hills, Penzance
(1917-1925)
Medium
watercolour over pencil
Measurements
49.8 × 59.8 cm (sight)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Inscription
inscribed in brown ink (in image) l.l.: S. J. Lamorna Birch. (Birch underlined)
Accession Number
1535-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
fields (land) grass (plant material) paddock Penzance (inhabited place) roads sky trees valleys (landforms)
Frame
Original, by J. H. Steer Ltd., London
Frame
This frame draws on the form and detailing of frames from Italy and Spain, particularly Spanish bolection frames of the seventeenth century. It presents a solid border in relation to the watercolour and is one we might more easily associate with oil paintings on canvas. It nevertheless reflects a theme that runs through from the nineteenth century, to frame works on paper with the formality and grandeur of their contemporaries on canvas and panel.
Frame Details
Framemaker
J. H. Steer Ltd.
2 Ridgmount Street Store Street. Tottenham Court Road London W.
Date
(1925)
Materials
The frame is a mixture of cast and carved ornament worked on a wooden base. The corners of the basic construction are splined mitres. The working edge tapers at the back to produce a thin aspect when on the wall. The corner elements appear to be cast, probably in composition, set into a hollow in the timber. The leading edge is carved into the wood. The surface is false gold throughout, with variations in tone which might well be the result of variations in the alloy of the leaves themselves. There is a deliberate patination of the surface with dark paint worked into the hollows.
Frame Condition
The frame appears to be in original condition, the variations in tone being as much to do with the original materials as to later restoration.
Dimensions
68.5 x 78.5 x 4.0 cm; sight 49.8 x 59.8cmMore Information
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