Elegance in exile : portrait drawings from colonial Australia / Joanna Gilmour.
Elegance in exile : portrait drawings from colonial Australia / Joanna Gilmour.
Elegance in exile : portrait drawings from colonial Australia / Joanna Gilmour.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Canberra : National Portrait Gallery, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
743.42099/3 , G 2013/2235
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
v, 181 p. : ill. (some col., some fold-out), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra : National Portrait Gallery, 2012.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The artists Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius are recognised today for the portraits they created in the first half of the nineteenth century. Exiled to Australia as convicts, they produced some of the most elegant and significant Australian portraits of the period. The drawings, watercolours, sketch...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Elegance in exile : portrait drawings from colonial Australia / Joanna Gilmour.
Portion of title
Portrait drawings from colonial Australia.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes some fold-out illustrations.
Maps on endpapers: Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August, 1822; Plan of the city of Hobart Town, compiled partly from Frankland's map, & partly from recent surveys (4 September 1854)
Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 1 June-26 August 2012.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2013....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
743.42099/3 , G 2013/2235
Record Identifier
74Vv0pv3DxDA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0pv3DxDA
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780987073556 (hbk)
DDC
743.4209940749471
MMS ID
991015683379702626
