Summary
Oil painting entitled 'Sir John Monash' by John Randell Perry. It was painted in 1979 'after Sir John Longstaff'.
The painting hung in Monash Gallery at the Museum of Victoria for many years. It commemorates the contribution made to the Science Museum of Victoria by Sir John Monash, who was the leader of a committee responsible for the re-opening of the museum galleries in 1915. Monash Hall was so named in 1970, after the National Gallery of Victoria vacated the space.
Monash was a member of a committee of prominent Melbourne men which was instrumental in lobbying the Government for the re-opening of the galleries of the Industrial and Technological Museum in 1915.
Description of Content
Oil painting in gold frame depicting a head and shoulders portrait of Sir John Monash in uniform.
Physical Description
Oil painting depicting Sir John Monash in the uniform of an Australian soldier, looking resolutely from the frame. The frame is wooden and gilded. The picture is waxed.
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Acquisition Information
Collected from Museum of Victoria, 03 Jul 1995
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Artist
Mr John Randall Perry, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979
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Person Depicted
Sir John Monash, 1918
Approximate date of Monash as depicted (in World War I military uniform). -
Other Association (See Comments)
State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV or SEC), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sir John Monash played a pivotal role in the early State Electricity Commission of Victoria. -
Format
Painting, Colour
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Inscriptions
Sir John Monash/After Sir John Longstaff by J. Perry. On back: Lieut-General Sir John Monash, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., V.D./after a copy of the portrait by/ Sir John Longstaff, R.P.S., R.B.C. (copied by John Randall Perry 1979.)
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Overall Dimensions
62 cm (Length), 4 cm (Width), 72 cm (Height)
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