George W. LAMBERT

Hera
1924

Medium

oil on canvas

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

Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

Hera Roberts was a painter, illustrator and designer, best known for her bold, modern cover designs for The Home Journal. A cousin of Thea Procter and companion of the publisher Sydney Ure Smith, Lambert found her an inspiring subject: ‘I am having a shot at a portrait of the beautiful Thea Procter cousin [of] Hera Roberts tomorrow and this most expensive luxury may help to set me on my … feet.’ – George Lambert to Amy Lambert, 1924

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

127.8 × 102.5 cm

Place/s of Execution

Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription

inscribed in red paint G.W. LAMBERT. / 1924. ARA

Accession Number

1794-3

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Costume Portraits

Subjects (specific)

designers dresses (garments) hairstyles illustrators painters (artists) Roberts, Hera three-quarter-length figures women (female humans)

Colourmen

Colourman: W&G DEAN
Location of stamp: Twice on reverse of canvas centred either side
Transcript: ESTABLISHED 1884/ W&G. DEAN PTYLTD/ARTIST MATERIALS/PICTURE FRAMERS/EQUITABLE PLACE OFF COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE
Medium: Ink stencil

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George W. LAMBERT

Hera
1924