Billy Blue, 1834 / J. B. East
Billy Blue, 1834 / J. B. East
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1834
Call Numbers
ML 560 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, East Wall, no. 68
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 63 x 50.2 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Billy Blue, 1834 / J. B. East
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait is probably the one mentioned in the Australian 9 May 1834. It is also probably the one given to the Library in 1933 by a Mr. J.E. Blue, of North Sydney
John B. East (fl. early 1830s)
Digital order no:a928634
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed & dated lower left "J. B. East 183[4]"
Contextual Information
Source
Possibly presented 1933
Exhibited in
- Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait.
- Sydney Eccentrics: A Celebration of Individuals in Society
- Pride of place
- The legacy of Charles Darwin in Australia
- Australian Portraits Timeline
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)
State Library of New South Wales (April 1999 - August 1999)
State Library of New South Wales (September, 2004 - November, 2004)
Ian Potter Museum of Art
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (December 2008 - December 2011). Applies to :
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Administrative / Biographical history
William 'Billy' Blue was a Jamaican convict ferry master of some local fame because of his aphorisms and lively banter. Governor Macquarie gave him a grant of land on the North Shore - now Blues Point
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 560 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, East Wall, no. 68
Record Identifier
9NaAykmY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAykmY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404717
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