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The river

The river
1896

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
61.1 × 81.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1979

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
inscribed in ochre/brown paint l.r.: A STREETon.96 -

Accession Number
A36-1980

Department
Australian Painting

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Frame

Prior to 1990, The river (1896) had been framed in a Louis XIV revival frame (see image directly above).  The painting was reframed in 1990 (see previous image) to match the frame on another painting by Streeton, Spring (A14-1978), thought to date to the 1920s but resurfaced.

In 2005 the framing of the painting was revisited.  This time the frame was to be based on a photograph showing the framed painting on display in the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1925.  Here the frame is a wide, flat plank appearing to carry a dark surface finish.  The form of the new frame was derived from the photograph.  The matte bronze surface is based on the frame on a painting by W.B. McInnes, The hill, 1917.

The painting was cleaned in 2006-7.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV

Date
2007

Materials

The frame is cut from a single plank of timber dressed from an 8″ wide, 1″ thick board, with a bevelled sight edge and two recessed linear elements.  The surface consists of a matte bronze coating over a gesso substrate.

Colourmen

Colourman
REEVES & SONS

Location of stamp
Centre reverse of canvas

Transcript
REEVES & SONS,/MANUFACTURERS,/113, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.

Medium
Ink stamp

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