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The centre of the Empire
(c. 1935)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 63.6 × 76.2 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in black paint l.l.: CHARLES BRYANT
- Accession Number
- 379-4
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1937
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- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Cityscapes
- Subjects (specific)
- cathedrals (works by context) cities London (inhabited place) rooftops Saint Paul's Cathedral (cathedral) smoke (material) traffic United Kingdom (nation)
- Frame
- Original, by Young & Lucas, Sydney
Frame
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The frame is a reworking of the Louis XV style and represents a type of frame which was economically produced but ornate in appearance. Frames like this reflect a taste for the rococo that has made its way to the present day.
Note
1 Young and Lucas first appear in the Sydney trade directories in 1923 and are listed through 1933. (See Paula Dredge, ‘Sydney Trade Directories 1843–1932: Carvers, Gilders and Picture Framemakers’, in vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999.
- Framemaker
- Young & Lucas
33 Foster St, Sydney - Date
- c. 19351
- Materials
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The basic profile of the frame is timber, with the scrollwork and all the decorative elements worked in composition. All the flat surfaces are textured with sand. The surface is false gold, patinated.
- Condition
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The surface appears to be original. There are some areas of repair in the composition.
- Dimensions
- 81.5 x 94.0 x 9.5 cm; sight 62.0 x 74.5 cm