The Palace of Art

The Palace of Art
 1921

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink, charcoal, chalk and brown chalk
Measurements
33.5 × 25.3 cm (image) 39.0 × 30.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) u.l.: THE PALACE OF ART (in a scroll)
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) u.c.: “I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house”
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.l.: “Full of the riddle of the painful earth. Flash’d thro’ her as she sat alone”
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: HERBERT COLE – 1921 –
Accession Number
1326-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1924
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
decorative furnishings drapery (representations) mysticism nudes (representations) personalia poetry symbols women (female humans)

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