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Coaxing ways

Coaxing ways

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1895
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.8 × 50.9 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: J. C Waite (C Waite underlined)
Accession Number
16-2
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1895
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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
embracing love (emotion) men (male humans) women (female humans)

Frame

Classical Revival in style, there are a number of Academy frames with this form and detail in the collection. For example George Pinwell, The quarrel: Old cross c.1870.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Date
c.1895
Materials

timber, composition, gold leaf

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Essay
A Symbolic Centenary Sculpture

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