George Finey, ca. 1926? / J.S. Watkins
George Finey, ca. 1926? / J.S. Watkins
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1926?
Call Numbers
DG 470
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 90.4 x 75 cm, in frame 101.5 x 86 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
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Issue Copy
Copy print : DG 470
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
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Alternative Titles
Full title
George Finey, ca. 1926? / J.S. Watkins
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
'J.S. Watkins' and '56 Margaret St' inscribed on reverse of stretcher, lower edge. Exhibitionlabel on reverse of stretcher, upper edge, is inscribed 'Portrait of George Finey by J.S. Watkins. Loaned by Mrs J.S. Watkins. 250 Guineas'.
Wooden frame, part gilded.
A portrait of Finey by Watkins was selected as a finalist for the 1926 Ar...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'J.S. Watkins' in red brushpoint, lower right.
Date note
Undated; approximately dated and titled from catalogue entry in Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Reference: Illustrated catalogue of the forty-eighth annual exhibition...Sydney, 1927) and from possible selection in the 1926 Archibald finalist's list.
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased, Leonard Joel, 1987, Lot 1270, 'Provenance: The Artist's Estate'.
DG Pic.Acc.331
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 470
Record Identifier
1bGdy5bY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdy5bY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
862948
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