Terms and conditions of use
Morning on the Murray near Blanchetown
1882
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 67.0 × 101.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- London, England
- Inscription
- inscribed in brown paint l.l.: H. J. Johnstone 1882
- Accession Number
- 2011.37
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Duncan Elphinstone McBride Leary, 2011
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Landscapes
- Subjects (specific)
- Australia (nation) Blanchetown (inhabited place) indigenous people Murray River (river) riverbanks South Australia (state)
Frame
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This painting had no frame when it was acquired and so was a high priority for framing so that it could be displayed in the gallery. Frames on Johnstone’s works at the Art Gallery of South Australia were referred to and a suitable frame was found on Johnstone’s Beeches, Fontainebleau, painted in 1882. This English neo-classical style frame provides a relatively wide gold border, consisting of several bands of running ornament, which is typical of conventional salon frames of the period.
- Framemaker
- Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV
- Date
- 2014
- Materials
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The frame was constructed using traditional techniques, with a timber carcase, composition ornament and oil and water gilding using 23.5 karat gold leaf.