Moody's pub

Moody's pub is a 1941 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts a pub in the Victorian town of Seymour.

Moody's pub
Artist	Russell Drysdale
Year	1941
Type	oil on plywood
Dimensions	50.9 cm × 61.4 cm (20.0 in × 24.2 in)
Location	National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The Royal Hotel in Seymour seen in 2009, the model for Drysdale's work

The painting has been described as "one of Drysdale's most celebrated paintings and among the most frequently reproduced images of twentieth-century Australian art."^[1]

The National Gallery of Victoria acquired the work in 1942; its first acquisition of a Drysdale painting.^[1]