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Lost
1907
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(134.6 × 199.0 cm)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1941
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: F McCubbin. / 1907
Accession Number
1118-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
anxiety Australia (nation) boys children (people by age group) lost (status of property) scrublands suffering wooded landscapes
Movements
Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School
Frame
Reproduction, 1987
Frame
To date we have no record of the original framing of the big version of McCubbin’s Lost from 1907, acquired in 1941 the year after the small version of 1886 was acquired. At some point a frame was constructed from simple decorative wood mouldings and fitted to the painting. The materials and look of the frame suggest the 1970s. (above)
A new frame was made for the painting in 1987. (top)
This frame references the wide cassetta style frames found on a number of Australian paintings from the late C19th. Several original examples exist in the collection.
It is a frame style that appears regularly in John Thallon’s ledger. The entries for McCubbin often suggest a bevelled form (see for instance the frame on McCubbin Winter Evening).
Frame Details
Framemaker
Reproduction - crafted by the NGV
Date
1987
Materials
Wood, composition, false gold leaf.