Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
200.4 × 132.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the artist under the terms of the National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship, 1905
© Richard Altson
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in charcoal on reverse c.r.: M. Altson
inscribed in black paint on reverse l.r.: MA (monogram)
Accession Number
244-2
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
black (colour) boys children (people by age group) dark (colour attribute) fathers men (male humans) sons (people)
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