[Portrait of Captain Joseph Moore, ca 1800-ca 1810 / attributed to an unknown artist of the British...
[Portrait of Captain Joseph Moore, ca 1800-ca 1810 / attributed to an unknown artist of the British...
[Portrait of Captain Joseph Moore, ca 1800-ca 1810 / attributed to an unknown artist of the British School]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca 1800-ca 1810
Call Numbers
ML 1517
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 30.5 x 24 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1 oil painting on canvas of a head and shoulder portrait of Joseph Moore between 25 to 30 years of age. He is dressed in the style of a gentleman of the early period of the 19th century.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Portrait of Captain Joseph Moore, ca 1800-ca 1810 / attributed to an unknown artist of the British School]
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on verso: Captain Joseph Moore, 1783-1857.
Attributions / Conjectures
Attribution made by Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian that the artist could probably have belonged to British provincial portrait painters.
Date note
Painting is undated. Dates based on approximate age of sitter and fashion.
Description source
Titled by cataloguer.
Object History
By descent.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Flick Rohde, March 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
Joseph Moore (1774-1857), whaler, merchant and ship captain. In 1812 he commanded the Mary Ann on a voyage to Sydney where he sold a general cargo before setting out for the 'sperm fishery'. On his return to England in 1815 he transferred to the Cretan which he sailed to Sydney again and then on a whaling voyage in the South Pacific. Between 1817 a...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1517
Record Identifier
9gkRA8q9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRA8q9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9631427
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