| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART19505 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 76 x 42 cm x 3 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on kauri pine panel |
| Maker |
Roberts, Tom |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1896 |
| Conflict |
Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Sergeant R.D. Fraser, Mounted Rifles
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.