P04405.001
Photograph P04405.001 Period 1900-1909Studio portrait of Robert Donald Fraser. Fraser was born at Rose Valley, NSW, on 30 October 1873 and was a permanent soldier with the Australian Light Horse. He served with the NSW Mounted Rifles as
Sergeant R.D. Fraser, Mounted Rifles Accession Number: ART19505
Description
'Sergeant Fraser' was one of a suite of full length portraits which Roberts painted on small wooden panels in the 1890s. The subject for this work was Robert Donald Fraser who was a volunteer in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles. He is pictured wearing a slouch hat with a plume of rooster feathers, a khaki tunic, breeches, leggings, boots and spurs, and carrying a Martini Henry 1875 model single shot rifle.
Details
Accession Number
ART19505
Artist
Tom Roberts
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on kauri pine panel
Measurement
framed: 76 x 42 cm x 3 cm
unframed: 62 x 28.2 cm
unframed: 62 x 28.2 cm
Medium
oil on kauri pine panel
Date Made
1896
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1974
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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