John Dunmore Lang / Joseph Backler
John Dunmore Lang / Joseph Backler
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Full title
John Dunmore Lang / Joseph Backler
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait has been in the Library since at least 1944, when it was published in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol.30, 1944 p.235
Approximately dated between the time Backler is known to have worked as a portrait painter and the date of John Dunmore Lang's death. See -- Dictionary of Australian Artists / by Joan Kerr...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed at lower right, "J. Backler"
Titled from plaque attached to lower edge of frame.
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- The Picture Gallery 2: Backler & friends - aspects of portraiture in colonial Sydney
State Library of New South Wales (15 November, 1999 - 16 July, 2000)
Administrative / Biographical history
Presbyterian minister John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878) was a dominating figure in colonial society. A radical, republican, newspaper proprietor, minister and politician, Lang's controversial social and political battles earned him respect and vituperation in equal measure.
Lang, adept at self-promotion, sat for many Sydney portrait painters. The c...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 18
Record Identifier
94Rx6z61
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
403940
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