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Moffat water

Moffat water
 1850

Medium
watercolour
Measurements
(17.2 × 24.1 cm) (image) (17.8 × 24.8 cm) (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in grey paint (in image) l.r.: TC / 50
Accession Number
A2-1974
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1974
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

Frame

This small classical revival frame is an interesting example, both in form and scale, of the application of large-scale, formal frames to watercolours. In some sense it overwhelms the artwork in another it adds a weighty formality to the little landscape.

Framemaker
Alexander Harper

8A Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
Date
1850
Materials

The frame is built on a wooden chassis with composition decorative elements. There is sufficient variation in the fluting of the inner scotia to suggest it is carved into the timber. The torus of laurel and berry is not centred, the sections have been cut from longer lengths, which is at odds with the notion that the frame is built up from scratch. The slip is water gilded.

Frame Condition

The frame is in largely original condition.

Dimensions
37.4 x 44.5 x 6.0 cm; sight 17.0 x 24.0 cm