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Souvenir of van Dyck - Miss Kate Harwood in a Marmiton dress

Souvenir of van Dyck - Miss Kate Harwood in a Marmiton dress
(1897)

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
103.0 × 95.3 cm
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in grey paint l.l.: C. H SHANNON PINXT
Accession Number
263-2
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
chef's toques full-length figures gloves hats satin sleeves (costume) white (colour) women (female humans)
Frame
Original, by Chapman Bros., London

Frame

Chapman made frames for Shannon and there is little reason to doubt the company made this example. The frame fits a group in the collection making use of gilding direct to the oak. It represents exactly the frames associated with the artist.1

Note

1 See Fig 79, p. 76 in Jacob Simon, The Art of the Picture Frame, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1996.  The self portrait, Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1897, NPG 3107 is framed in this manner, also the portrait Charles de Sousy Ricketts, by Shannon, 1898, NPG 3106.

Framemaker
Chapman Bros.
London
Date
(1897)
Materials

The frame is made from three pieces of oak timber. The major section is the shaped profile, a simple low relief of ogee, cavetto, flats and rounds. The working edge is made up by the addition of a strip of timber and the sight edge is established with an additional flat. The structure uses mitred corners that have been braced on the reverse with blocks.

Frame Condition

The frame appears to be in original condition.

Dimensions
133.0 x 125.0 x 4.5 cm; sight 102 x 94.5 cm
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