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Aliens at prayer

Aliens at prayer
 1905

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
127.4 × 101.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.c.l.: W. R. 1905
Accession Number
261-2
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
beards immigrants Jewish (culture or style) men (male humans) shawls skullcaps (caps) tallitim yarmulkes
Provenance
Purchased from the artist, on the advice of George Clausen, for the Felton Bequest, 1906.
Frame
Original, maker unknown

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