Medium
pencil
Measurements
24.3 × 17.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1947
© William Dobell/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gleeson 1964/69, 37
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: WDobell / 1935
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Victoria & Albert Mus. / 8 . 1 . 37
inscribed in pencil u.l.: 1874 (underlined) / Medium Prussian blue / taffeta / black piping & / buttons & braid
inscribed in pencil l.l.-l.r.: Worn by Miss Mary Chester Woolner / aged 20
Accession Number
1777-4
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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