[Portrait of an unidentified man, on board ship], 1842 / watercolour by Edmund Edgar
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[Portrait of an unidentified man, on board ship], 1842 / watercolour by Edmund Edgar
[Portrait of an unidentified man, on board ship], 1842 / watercolour by Edmund Edgar
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1842
Call Numbers
P2/472
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 14.1 x 12.2 cm - 1 watercolour on card
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Full title
[Portrait of an unidentified man, on board ship], 1842 / watercolour by Edmund Edgar
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait was offered previously at Sotheby's (London) 22 October 1986 lot 130
Digital order no:a128535
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil on reverse "Drawn by Edmund Edgar / Sydney New South Wales / April 1842"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Christie's London 25 September 2003, lot 482
This item has been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
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Administrative / Biographical history
Edmund Edgar, also known as Eagar, and by the aliases Bults and Bult, was a painter, engraver, and lithographer. Prior to his transportation to Australia for robbery in 1825, Edgar had worked in London as a miniature painter. In Sydney, Edgar was assigned to Augustus Earle and helped on the production of lithographs.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P2/472
Record Identifier
9arqNwGn
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Reference code
201966
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