Hilaire Syme dressed for the Kismit Ball
(1912-1915)

Alice MILLS

Medium: gelatin silver photograph, pencil
Measurements: 21.3 × 15.9 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription: inscribed in pencil (diagonally) (in image) l.r.: Alice Mills
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: Hilaire Syme Kismet Ball (about 11)
Accession Number: 2005.56
Department: Australian Photography
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Veronica Condon, Geoffrey Haggard and Jennifer Smyth, descendants of Sir Geoffrey Syme K. B. E., Managing Editor of The Age newspaper (1908-42), 2005
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Young girl dressed in Arabian-style costume and beads surrounded by hand-drawn objects.
Frame: Original, by D. Bernard & Co., Melbourne