Augustus JOHN<br/>
<em>Rt. Hon. Harold Chaloner Dowdall, Lord Mayor of Liverpool and his sword-bearer</em> (1909) <!-- (recto) --><br />

oil on canvas<br />
206.7 x 137.5 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Felton Bequest, 1938<br />
538-4<br />
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
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Rt. Hon. Harold Chaloner Dowdall, Lord Mayor of Liverpool and his sword-bearer

Augustus JOHN

British art
British art

Augustus JOHN
Rt. Hon. Harold Chaloner Dowdall, Lord Mayor of Liverpool and his sword-bearer (1909)

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
206.7 × 137.5 cm
Accession Number
538-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1938
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
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
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Biographical Law, Civics and Protest Portraits
Subjects (specific)
breeches (trousers) ceremonial robes chains of office full-length figures mayors men (male humans) swords tricornes
Provenance
Sold by Dowdall to A. B. Clifton in Oct 1918; bought by E. P. Warren; bequeathed to Harry Asa Thomas, 1928; purchased for NGV from Arthur Tooth & Sons, April/May 1938 on the advice of Sir Sidney Cockerell.

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