[Reverend Robert Ross, ca. 1840's - miniature portrait]
[Reverend Robert Ross, ca. 1840's - miniature portrait]
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Date
ca. 1840's
Call Numbers
MIN 40
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Physical Description
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Drawings - 5.7 x 6 cm. (image, sight) ; 10.2 x 10 cm. (frame) - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature stored in circular shaped japanned wooden frame, black in colour, with glass front and ring affixed to back for hanging mechanism
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[Reverend Robert Ross, ca. 1840's - miniature portrait]
Notes
General note
Identified from label on reverse in a former Library Officer's hand. For comparison with this and other portraits of Robert Ross, see Robert Ross / by Charles Rodius (P2/398) and an 1851 oil portrait of Ross by G. Stevens (ML 799) in the Mitchell Library.
Dated from approximate age of sitter.
A paper label affixed to the reverse of the frame...
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The work is not signed, titled, or dated.
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Administrative / Biographical history
The Scottish born Congregation minister, Robert Ross, was director of the London Missionary Society from 1837 to 1838. In 1840 Ross arrived in Sydney to the position of minister of the Pitt Street Congregational Church and continued to be involved in missionary activities and religious societies. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vo...
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Call Numbers
MIN 40
Record Identifier
9AL4BKkY
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Reference code
442617
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