Winged words (Portrait of the artist's wife)
1926
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 124.4 × 87.9 cm (image) 125.3 × 89.8 cm (canvas)
- Inscription
- inscribed in grey paint l.r.: M. D. Altson 1926
- Accession Number
- 1748-5
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of M. D. Altson, 1967
© Richard Altson
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia - Subjects (general)
- Portraits
- Subjects (specific)
- bird (animal) cockatoo three-quarter-length figures wives women (female humans)
- Frame
- Original, by Rowley, London
Frame
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Meyer Daniel Altson’s Winged words, portrait of the artist’s wife, 1926, came into the collection with this frame in 1967 which has the Rowley label on the reverse.
The frame, in a reduced classical revival style, is finished with silver leaf and given a washed/glazed layer to shift the colour toward gold. - Framemaker
- Rowley
140–2 Church St., Kensington W8 - Date
- c.1926
- More Information
- National Portrait Gallery