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Hilaire Syme dressed for the Kismit Ball

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

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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
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