[Portrait Lieutenant Charles Robert Grimes, 50th Regiment] / watercolour drawing by R. Read, Sydney,...
[Portrait Lieutenant Charles Robert Grimes, 50th Regiment] / watercolour drawing by R. Read, Sydney,...
[Portrait Lieutenant Charles Robert Grimes, 50th Regiment] / watercolour drawing by R. Read, Sydney, 1840
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Date
1840
Call Numbers
P2/397
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 27.2 x 21.3 cm. - watercolour and pencil
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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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Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
[Portrait Lieutenant Charles Robert Grimes, 50th Regiment] / watercolour drawing by R. Read, Sydney, 1840
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Presented by a descendant of a god-daughter of Cassandra Joynes, the daughter of Charles Grimes, 1772-1858, Deputy-Surveyor of New South Wales. The donor's great aunt, Miss C. Homewood, presented the Library with other Grimes family portraits in 1951.
Digital order no:a4906001
Signature / Inscriptions
R. Read Pinxt Sydney 1840 -- at lower left
"Painted by R. Read 27 Pitt Street Sydney New South Wales. Lieut. C. R. Grimes 50 Regt." -- on reverse of drawing
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Elizabeth Prosser, 1993
Administrative / Biographical history
Lieutenant Charles Robert Grimes, 50th Regiment, served with the regiment in Australia from 23 March 1839. He was killed in action at Sobraon 10 February 1846, aged 25.
Reference:
50th (Queen’s Own) Regiment Campaign on the Sudlej 1845-1846. http://www.sputtr.com/canterbury+cathedral...
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Call Numbers
P2/397
Record Identifier
9WZmEoaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZmEoaY
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Reference code
63415
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