Harper's Weekly
(c. 1889)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
24.0 × 14.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958
Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
incised in paint l.c.r.: (...illeg.)
Accession Number
66-5
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
magazines (periodicals) reading (activity) seated figures women (female humans)
Movements
Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School
Frame
Reproduction, 1997
Frame
The Roberts panel Harpers Weekly, (c.1888) was acquired in 1958 and the former framing of this work took the form of a small, plain, bevelled moulding with compo decorative corners.
Harpers Weekly was fitted in a reproduction frame in 1985.
The reproduction of 9x5 frames started in 1984 in preparation for the Golden Summers exhibition (1985/6). Initially the reproduction frames were made from red cedar and kauri planks. Research eventually determined the original timber was California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) – a timber used in Melbourne frames and furniture from the late nineteenth century.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Reproduction - crafted by the NGV
Date
1985
Materials
Western red cedar, bronze paint.