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The Somme
1917
- Medium
- watercolour
- Measurements
- (55.4 × 76.2 cm) (sheet)
- Inscription
- inscribed in pencil (in image) l.r.: F. LEIST. 17.
- Accession Number
- 3514-3
- Department
- Australian Prints & Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1927
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
- Original, by S. A. Parker, Sydney
Frame
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A simple watercolour frame in the manner of gilding direct to the wood, this frame appears very slight for the scale of the work. It is unusual and impressive to see a watercolour framed without a matt in such a minimal border.
Note
1 The label is a type identified by Paula Dredge and Lindsay Parker as dating c. 1922–27. (S. A. Parker Framing Works, AGNSW, 2004.)
- Framemaker
- S. A. Parker
Sydney - Date
- c.1922–271
- Materials
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Simple oak moulding, oil gilded direct to the wood with no matt or slip. Some cracking in the very shallow cove suggests this section has an under-layer of size.
- Condition
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Good original condition. The frame does not provide rigidity to the assembly.
- Dimensions
- 60.2 x 81.2 x 1.9 cm; sight 55.3 x 76.3 cm