Frank HOLL<br/>
<em>Home again!</em> 1881 <!-- (recto) --><br />

oil on canvas<br />
128.1 x 102.6 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Felton Bequest, 1908<br />
374-2<br />

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Home again!

Frank HOLL

British art
British art

Frank HOLL
Home again! 1881

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
128.1 × 102.6 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Frank. Holl. (underlined) 1881.
inscribed in pen and brown ink (inverted) on paper label on reverse (on stretcher) c.: F. Holl Esq ARA / 4 Camden Square
inscribed in pen and brown ink on paper label on reverse (on stretcher) c.: No.5. / "Home Again". / Frank Holl. A.R.A / 4. Camden Square / N. W. (N. W. underlined)
Accession Number
374-2
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1908
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
armies bearskins couples drummers kilts military uniforms processions soldiers
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by Sir Thomas Lucas (1822–1902), Ashtead Park and Lowestoft, 1881; his collection, until 1902; included in the Lucas sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 1902, no. 89; from where purchased by Arthur Tooth & Sons (dealer), London, 1902; with Arthur Tooth & Sons, until 1908; Exhibition of the British Art Gallery in conjunction with the Royal British-Colonial Society of Artists, London, Melbourne, 1908, no. 102; from where purchased, on the advice of Bernard Hall, for the Felton Bequest, 1908.
Frame
Original, by J. & W. Vokins, London

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