Mary Ann Piper and her children, ca. 1826 / by Augustus Earle
Mary Ann Piper and her children, ca. 1826 / by Augustus Earle
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Date
ca. 1826
Call Numbers
ML 672 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, South Wall, no. 301
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 195.1 x 121.7 cm., image ; 237.1 x 163.6 cm. (frame) - oil
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The children depicted in this painting are Thomas (b. 1816) dressed in black, William Sloper (b. 1822) who holds a drum and wears a tailored version of the frock and pantaloons boys wore until they were "breeched" around five years old, Eliza (b. 1818) who stands behind her mother, and Anne Christina Frances (b. 1820) who leans on the arm of her mo...
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Full title
Mary Ann Piper and her children, ca. 1826 / by Augustus Earle
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Previously titled, [Ann Piper and her children, ca. 1826 / oil painting by Augustus Earle]
Digital order no:a928600...
Attributions / Conjectures
Formerly attributed to Richard Read, this painting was accorded to Earle by Bernard Smith, see "Australian painting 1788-1970", B. Smith, Melbourne : Oxford University.
Date note
The work is dated from the time of Earle's stay in Australia (1825-1827).
Description source
Work is untitled. Title devised from further research provided for the publication `Reading the Rooms' in 2023.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs B. Dale (nee Cox) & Mr R. H. Cox, grandchildren of John Piper, in 1921.
Exhibited in
- Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait.
- A Rage for Curiosity
- The Picture Gallery 1
- Private Lives: Families of N.S.W.
- For Auld Lang Syne: Images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)
State Library of New South Wales (September, 1997 - January, 1998)
State Library of New South Wales (February, 1999 - November, 1999)
State Library of New South Wales (January, 2001 - February, 2002)
Art Gallery of Ballarat
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Administrative / Biographical history
Mary Ann Shears married Captain John Piper, military officer and public servant by special licence in 1816. It is believed they met and formed an attachment during Piper's term of service on Norfolk Island. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 672 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, South Wall, no. 301
Record Identifier
9PQ8ljXn
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Reference code
404723
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