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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
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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