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In Springtime (Im Fruhling)

This work by Swiss-born artist Arnold BÃ¶cklin was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1977. The painting depicts two beautiful â€˜otherworldlyâ€™ female figures in flowing, colourful dresses…

Fair Rosamund

This work by English artist Arthur Hughes depicts the twelfth-century figure of Rosamund in the garden that King Henry II of England created for her at his royal residence in Oxfordshire. Rosamund was Henryâ€™s mistress. She was reputedly…

Tags: Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), Eleanor of Aquitaine, fleur-de-lys, flowers, foxgloves, garden, Henry II of England, iris, maze, mistress, poison, Rosamund, secret garden, symbolism, Vic, Victoria, Walter de Clifford, Woodstock

La Belle Dame sans merci, by Arthur Hughes

This painting by English artist Arthur Hughes was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 with funds from the Felton Bequest. It portrays a scene fromthe well-known ballad of the same name penned in 1819 by Romantic poet John Keats. The…

St Paulâ€™s Cathedral Spire, Melbourne

A close-up of one of the ornately decorated neo-gothic spires at St Paulâ€™s Cathedral in Melbourne. Construction of the spires began in 1926. This was thirty years after the initial building had been completed, and consequently they are…

â€˜St Georgeâ€™ Stained Glass Window, Tolarno Hotel, St Kilda

This elaborate staircase window in a converted St Kilda mansion is probably by Ferguson & Urie and dated c.1884. The window depicts a red-cloaked and fully armoured St George standing on the head of a dragon. Images of St George and the Dragon were…

Tags: Armor, Armour, border, dragon, Ferguson & Urie, knight, Melbourne, rose, saint, Saint George, saints, St George, St Kilda, St. George, St. Kilda, stained glass, staircase, Tolarno Hotel, Tudor Rose, Union Jack, valour, Vic, Victoria

Stairwell window at â€˜Glenferrie,â€™ Malvern, Victoria

This commanding stairwell window by Ferguson & Urie (1872) is calculated to reflect the prosperity and good fortune of the original owner, James Fergusson. Fergusson was a Melbourne manufacturing stationer, and was at times a member of the…

Tags: Australiana, blazon, coat-of-arms, colonialism, Emu, Ferguson & Urie, Fergusson coat-of-arms, Glenferrie, James Fergusson, kangaroo, Malvern, medieval design, rose, shamrock, stained glass, symbolism, thistle, Vic, Victoria

Morgan Le Fay

This watercolour by Australian artist Christian Waller was gifted to the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 1933 by the Women’s Association. It depicts a woman in medieval dress whom the title identifies as Morgan Le Fay. Morgan Le Fay is a…

Entrance to Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of the entrance to Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

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