Processional
(c. 1921)

Bernard HALL

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

112.2 × 63.7 cm

Place/s of Execution

Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription

inscribed in black paint B. Hall (all underlined)

Accession Number

1528-3

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Costume Human Figures

Subjects (specific)

ceramic ware (visual works) costume (mode of fashion) folk costume profiles (figures) three-quarter-length figures women (female humans) yellow (colour)

Frame

Original, John Thallon, Melbourne

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

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Processional
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Bernard HALL