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Louis Buvelot
At Mount Macedon 1872
watercolour and gouache
13.8 × 23.1 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of Marjorie L. Wilmot, 1975
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At Mount Macedon
1872
Medium
watercolour and gouache
Measurements
13.8 × 23.1 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of Marjorie L. Wilmot, 1975
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Mount Macedon, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in white gouache (in image) l.r.: LB / 1872
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: At Mt Macedon / 15 + 11
Accession Number
A16-1975
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Frame
Original, by W. R. Stevens, Melbourne, watercolour and frame separated
Frame
The hard edge of the ornament and the brassy finish of this frame do not sit happily with contemporary taste; nevertheless, frames like this were common and were probably the stock in trade of many commercial framers. The date of the frame is uncertain, but it is likely to reflect a later re-framing of the watercolour. Stevens was used by Buvelot to frame a number of oil paintings, particularly in the 1870s. There are also accounts related to Stevens supplying frames to the NGV. See also the entry for Buvelot’s Coleraine and waterpool (3231-4). A frame by an unidentified maker, which shows the same finish on machine rolled ornament, can be found on W. C. Piguenit’s The Snowy River, N.S.W. c. 1903 (1995.45). Though the watercolour and the frame are now separated they have been re-assembled digitally for this publication.
Notes
1 The address is lost from the label, though it could be 33 Elizabeth Street, which dates between 1894 and 1900.
Hilary Maddocks, ‘Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860–1930’ in vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999.
2 A very similar frame is found on a Buvelot watercolour in a private collection. It uses a stippled, gold matt, with the watercolour mounted on the face, and two thin boards, pinned in place, as a backing. The mount and housing are original.
Frame Details
Framemaker
W. R. Stevens
Melbourne
Date
(1894–1900)1
Materials
The ornament on this frame is most likely composition, formed by patterned metal rollers and applied to a wooden chassis. The frame is constructed from pre-formed sections, cut to length. The breadth of the frame is decorated with a fine basket-weave pattern. The outer edge is worked with a leaf, scroll and flower motif. The surface is oil-gilded throughout and retains a brassy look. It seems likely that the frame also used a matt or a slip, which has been lost.
Frame Condition
Good original condition throughout, with small losses to the edges of the ornament. It seems likely the frame used a gold matt, which has been lost.2
Dimensions
34.6 x 44.5 x 2.3 cm; sight 27.0 x 36.9 cm