Girl in a purple dress
1918
Medium
oil on cardboard
Measurements
46.6 × 30.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1967
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in grey paint l.l.: R Wakelin 1918 (R Wakelin underlined)
Accession Number
1757-5
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
girls purple (colour) single-sitter portraits women (female humans)
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