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Alice Mills (attributed to)
Broothorn Studios, Melbourne
Joan Margaret Syme (c. 1918)
gelatin silver photograph, coloured dyes
243.85 × 91.45 cm (approx)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Michael Hayne, 2005
Public domain
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Joan Margaret Syme
(c. 1918)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph, coloured dyes
Measurements
243.85 × 91.45 cm (approx)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Michael Hayne, 2005
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Alice Mills, with help from her husband, Tom Humphreys, set up her first photography studio in 1900. Soon after that she was working under her own name in the Centreway Arcade at 259–263 Collins Street, Melbourne. Mills’s portraits were often published in magazines and newspapers, which brought her to the attention of a large audience of prospective clients. Around 1915 she produced a number of large-scale portraits of Hilaire and Joan Syme, the daughters of then managing editor and co-owner of The Age newspaper Geoffrey Syme. The photographs were made in conjunction with Broothorn Studios, which art historians suggest made the extreme enlargements.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2005.529
Department
Australian Photography
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