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Artwork Details
Purchased, 1895
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Frame
One of three watercolours by Mather in the collection, which are framed in ornate gilded frames usually associated with oil paintings. The simple neo-classical style compares with the frame on Evening, Brighton Beach (2003.475) and contrasts with the more elaborate frame on Lake Omeo, North Gippsland (p.431.2-1). Together these frames demonstrate an approach to the framing of large-scale watercolours that is not often retained.
Note
1 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.
Frame Details
- Framemaker
- John Thallon
Melbourne - Date
- 18951
- Materials
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The frame is built from composition ornament on a wooden chassis. The torus is of banded laurel and berry, the inner scotia is plain, using acanthus leaves to cover the mitred corners.
- Frame Condition
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The frame was regilded throughout in a restoration in 1988.
- Dimensions
- 112.0 x 169.5 x 12.0 cm; sight 77.0 x 134.0 cm