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Processional

Processional
(c. 1921)

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
112.2 × 63.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
inscribed in black paint u.r.: B. Hall (all underlined)

Accession Number
1528-3

Department
Australian Painting

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Frame

This is a style of frame that appears in the Thallon ledger many times. It was a particular favourite of Frederick McCubbin. Only a fragment of the label remains to identify the maker.

Note

1 Hilary Maddocks, ‘Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860–1930’ in vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999.

Frame Details

Framemaker
John Thallon (Ted Burman)
Melbourne

Date
19271

Materials

The frame is made up from a composition torus of laurel and berry on a wooden chassis. The slip is water gilded gold leaf. The ornament is oil gilded with a matte finish. The working edge is painted pale ochre.

Frame Condition

Apart from repairs to some of the ornaments, the frame is in good original condition. The surface has not been altered.

Dimensions

129.8 x 81.8 x 9.0 cm; sight 111.0 x 63.0 cm

Colourmen

Colourman
PELLETIER

Location of stamp
Lower half of reverse of canvas. Also insignia (FR?) in upper half.

Transcript
PELLETIER/CANVAS/REGD. 5398

Medium
Ink stencils