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Portrait of George William Evans, [1847] / Thomas James Lempriere
Portrait of George William Evans, [1847] / Thomas James Lempriere
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[1847]
Call Numbers
ML 33 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, West Wall, no. 111
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - image 29.6 cm. x 22.5, inside mount 64 cm. x 53.7 cm. - oil inside oval mount
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
Portrait of George William Evans, [1847] / Thomas James Lempriere
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a928765
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned
Date note
Dated from references in Lempriere's diary, 1847-9 (ML MSS A3343, part 2, pp.29-32; entries for Oct 19, 27 and Nov 6, 16, 1847), which are extracted at PXn 303
Description source
Titled on label pasted to backing, which also contains biographical details about Evans. Photograph of label is held at PXn 303
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased May 1911
Original held by
A reproduction of this portrait, and a description of the painting naming Lempriere as the artist, is in T[urpin?], E.J., "The father of Australian explorers", New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Apr 1904, p.47
Exhibited in
- Men and maps in Australia
- The Governor : Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 (Travelling exhibition)
- Crossing the Blue Mountains
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales (November, 2010 - March, 2012)
State Library of New South Wales (May, 2013 - August, 2013)
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas James Lempriere was born in Hamburg in 1796 and came to Van Diemen's Land in 1822. He joined the Commissariat Department and remained in its employ until his death. Lempriere's surviving diaries held in ML record his Tasmanian life, including his artistic endeavours and other interests such as natural history and meteorology. He began painti...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 33 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, West Wall, no. 111
Record Identifier
9arp7KGn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arp7KGn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447385
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