Terms and conditions of use
Under a summer sun
1895
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
50.8 × 76.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1895
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: Tom Humphrey / 1895 (underlined)
Accession Number
17-2
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
bushes fishing men (male humans) riverbanks riverine landscapes rivers
Frame
Original, by John Thallon, Melbourne
Frame
The frame appears in the Thallon ledger under an entry for the National Gallery of Victoria in 1898: Mar 20, National Gallery. Preparing and gilding 1 frame 3ft 7 x 2ft 9, 51/2, ‘Under a Summer Sun’ £1-14. The dimensions correspond to the outside dimensions of the frame. Like the entry for Arthur Streeton’s ‘The purple noon’s transparent might’ (33-2) and David Davies’ Moonrise (p.402.5-1), this one may be descriptive of finishing or re-finishing rather than the making of the frame. The cost re-enforces this idea. The frame was refitted to the painting in 1985 after being found in storage. It is one of a number of wide-format frames, which have been re-established with their paintings and thus reflect a taste that might otherwise have been lost. See also the frames on Tom Roberts’ The Sunny South (1078-4) and John Longstaff’s Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th,1898 (48-2) among others.
Frame Details
Framemaker
John Thallon
Melbourne
Date
1898
Materials
The frame is simple in construction, using a wide single plank of timber for the basic profile. The rounded leading edge is made from the addition of a half-round timber section. The corners are all mitred with re-enforcement across the reverse. The rebate is established by the addition of battens to the reverse. The surface appears to be gold leaf on a white base. The whole surface is matte, with a strong indication of brush marks suggesting deliberate patination.
Frame Condition
The mitres are open slightly, due to the contraction, across the grain, of the wide plank. The surface is worn with minor losses to the gilding and ground. There is little doubt the surface coating is deteriorated but the frame reads well nonetheless.
Dimensions
83.5 x 109.0 x 5.0 cm; sight 48.5 x 73.5 cm