Item 04: Macquarie family silhouette portrait of Lachlan Macquarie junior, 1844 / by Frith
Item 04: Macquarie family silhouette portrait of Lachlan Macquarie junior, 1844 / by Frith
Item 04: Macquarie family silhouette portrait of Lachlan Macquarie junior, 1844 / by Frith
About this item
Full title
Date
1844
Call Numbers
ML 1312
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 27.6 x 21.0 cm - hand cut bronzed silhouette on watercolour card
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Silhouette portrait of Lachlan Macquarie junior, 1844. The silhouette dates from the time that Lachlan Junior served in the Royal Scots Greys. Lachlan Junior is depicted standing, holding his hat in his right hand. His left is resting on his dress sword. He is posed against a watercolour landscape.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 04: Macquarie family silhouette portrait of Lachlan Macquarie junior, 1844 / by Frith
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1060950
Signature / Inscriptions
The silhouette is signed 'Frith 1844'. On the back of the frame is written “Captain Lachlan MacQuarie of Glenforsa, 2nd Royal Royal Scots Greys”.
Attributions / Conjectures
The work is signed, Frith 1844 and there were several silhouette artists with this name at this time. These include Frederick and Henry Albert Frith, who were brothers. Their father was a miniaturist and portrait painter. They advertised and took commissions in various British towns. They were working between 1837-ca. 1854. H.A Frith produced full...
Object History
Lachlan Macquarie the younger left part of his estate, including most of his father’s papers, to his close friend William Henry Drummond, later the 9th Viscount Strathallan. Thus the Macquarie estates and their contents passed to the Drummond family, where they remained in the family home, Strathallan Castle. William Drummond sold the Macquarie est...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ian Mazur (great grandson of Lt. Col. Charles Greenhill-Gardyne), July 2013
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1312
Record Identifier
9O4o4D4n
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4o4D4n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1050887
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