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Blue solitudes
(c. 1891-1901)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1901
- Gallery location
- Not on display
Artwork Details
Purchased, 1901
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Frame
This is a completely intact original framing for this watercolour, including the thin wooden panel used to protect the reverse. The frame is simple in form, making use of reeding and gilding direct to oak, carrying a loose relationship to the frames of James Abott McNeill Whistler and Edgar Degas. The wide, gilded mount was in use from early in the nineteenth century. It is a common feature in the presentation of watercolours.
Frame Details
- Framemaker
- Chapman Bros.
London - Date
- (1900)
- Materials
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This frame has a simple profile, mitred and pinned at the corners, gilded with gold leaf direct to the oak timber. The framing features the original cardboard matt, which is gilded with gold leaf and finished with a matte size. The bevel of the matt is also gold. The backing-board is made from two wide, thin planks of wood pinned into the rebate with flat, forged nails and taped with brown paper around the edges.
- Frame Condition
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Good original condition throughout.
- Dimensions
- 60.3 x 77.2 x 2.2 cm; sight 52.5 x 69.5 cm; flat sight 35.5 x 52.5 cm
- More Information
- National Portrait Gallery