Frederick McCUBBIN

Lost
1907

Medium

oil on canvas

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1941

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

(134.6 × 199.0 cm)

Inscription

inscribed in brown paint F McCubbin. / 1907

Accession Number

1118-4

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1941
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Gallery location

Not on display

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.

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Frederick McCUBBIN

Lost
1907