Focus on Weighing the Fleece and explain the Provenance.
The painting was commissioned by Leigh Sadlier Falkiner, the owner of Wanganella station, near Deniliquin in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The locality of Wanganella was later named for the station.  Despite commissioning the work, Falkiner disliked the way he and his wife, Beatrice, were portrayed by Lambert and declined to purchase the painting. The painting was later sold to Sir Baldwin Spencer for £600.It was acquired by the National Gallery of Australia in 1966.
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