Mei Quong Tart's mother, ca. 1888
Mei Quong Tart's mother, ca. 1888
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Full title
Date
ca. 1888
Call Numbers
ML 1347 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, East Wall, no. 287
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 66.5 x 53 cm - oil, canvas on board
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The portrait of Quong Tart's mother is in the style of Chinese ancestral portraits for the period. It shows her seated and dressed in traditional costume with her embroidered rank badge. These portraits were often painted posthumously and were hung in a family temple or alter to be venerated at important anniversaries. Quong Tart is said to have re...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mei Quong Tart's mother, ca. 1888
Notes
General note
Previously titled, Ancestral portrait of Quong Tart's mother, ca. 1888
Artist unknown.
Digital order no:a928043
Signature / Inscriptions
"Aldenhoven, 74 Hunter Street" -- framer's label on reverse
Date note
Date unknown. Date based on Quong Tart's visit in 1888 to China... On his return it was reported that he brought back a portrait of his father, who had passed away and a portrait of his mother. It is likely that these two portraits were the ones seen hanging in the little drawing room of his Waverley home in May 1889." -- Reading the Rooms, pg. 174
Conservation note
This work was conserved in 2004 as part of the Library's ongoing paintings conservation program.
Description source
Work is untitled. Title devised from further research provided by the Library for the publication `Reading the Rooms' in 2023.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased May 2004
Exhibited in
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (2018)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1347 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, East Wall, no. 287
Record Identifier
1xqZwGGY
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Reference code
441602
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