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[Goldminer], 1861 / oil painting by J. Anderson
[Goldminer], 1861 / oil painting by J. Anderson
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1861
Call Numbers
ML 1349 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, North Wall, no. 137
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 75 x 62.8 cm. (image, sight) - oil on canvas
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Digitised
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The man in this portrait is dressed in a white shirt with brown-coloured wool trousers that are tucked into leather boots that extend over the knee, and a cabbage tree hat with shallow round crown and a 'pugaree' or fly veil rolled up at the front. Draped over one arm is a red wool Crimea shirt.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Goldminer], 1861 / oil painting by J. Anderson
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a128879...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated at lower left, "Jms. Anderson / Pinxit / 1861"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art Auction, Sydney, lot 285, 16 June 2004
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Administrative / Biographical history
James Anderson, portrait painter and member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, emigrated from Ireland to Australia in 1852-1853. Initially he lived in Victoria where he contributed to the Victorian Fine Arts Exhibition in Melbourne in 1853 and 1854. By 1858, Anderson had moved to Sydney and continued to paint portraits advertising in the Sands Directo...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1349 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, North Wall, no. 137
Record Identifier
9qoQz6K1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQz6K1
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Reference code
441673
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