Exhibited Salon, Paris, 1878, no. 2026; with the Artist's Association, London, 21 November 1879; from where purchased by Agnew's (dealer), London, 1879, stock no. 1323[1]; from where purchased on the advice of Alfred Taddy Thompson, for the NGV, 21 November 1879; arrived Melbourne 1880.
[1] See Agnew’s Picture Stockbook 1879–85, NGA27/1/1/6, pp. 60-61, Thomas Agnew & Sons archive, National Gallery Research Centre, London, https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/research-centre/agnews-stock-books/reference-nga27116-1879-85
Exhibited Salon, Paris, 1878, no. 2026
The frame on Schenck’s Anguish (purchased 1880 for £1,200) is with little doubt the frame in which the painting was shown at the Paris Salon of 1878. It is in scale and grandeur every bit a Salon frame. All the decorative work is cast and the gilding intended to create the impression of solid metal.
Cast plaster, wood and gold leaf
good original condition
