PAINTING: 'PORTRAIT OF CLIFFORD SADLIER', UNKNOWN

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Overview

Image: A portrait of a young man in a World War I Australian Infantry Uniform, which is military green. It consists of a slouch hat, a shirt and tie, and a jacket with an Australian Infantry Forces badge on the lapel. In the bottom right hand corner is a signature in red oil paint.

Frame: The frame is a gold/brown colour, with three black lines.

Labels: On the bottom is a brass colour plastic plaque with black print reading: "SADLIER Clifford William King VC/. RANK Lieutenant/ UNIT 51st Battalion/15th Brigade, 4th Division/ DATE 24-25 April 1918/ PLACE Villers-Bretonneux, France".

Reverse: On the backing of the portrait is a red and black label reading: "FREDRIX . Serving artists for over 120 years".

In top left corner is "Title SADLIER, Artist ----/Medium-----". Below this in black is "Quality Artists Canvas Panel - Acrylic Primed for use with all mediums (also written in other languages).

In the centre is 20" x 24"/50.8 x 60.9 cm, and in bottom left corner "Made in U.S.A.". At bottom right corner is a picture of a red lion with its front paws on a capital F, under it is "since 1868". Below the label is a bar code.

Historical information

Lieutenant Clifford Sadlier, a one time resident of Subiaco, was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during a counter attack at Villiers Bretonne on 24-25 April 1918.

See Research files (People) for additional information.

Portrait previously hung in the old Subiaco Council Building, and was not rehung in the new Council Chambers.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1997.1

Item type

Material