Item 1: [Portrait of Sarah Busby], August 1835 / drawn by Richard Read
Item 1: [Portrait of Sarah Busby], August 1835 / drawn by Richard Read
About this item
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Date
August 1835
Call Numbers
ML 1511
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 27.5 x 21.5 cm. - watercolour on paper
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 framed watercolour portrait of Sarah Busby on wove paper. The original wooden frame is decorated with gilt and matte coating. The watercolours were executed with pencil underdrawing, pigmented watercolour and white body colour.
Sarah Busby is wearing a decorative Indian shawl, an expensive item at the time, and holds a pair of spectacles....
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Full title
Item 1: [Portrait of Sarah Busby], August 1835 / drawn by Richard Read
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on verso of watercolour: Mrs Busby, painted by R. Read, 45 Pitt Street, Sydney New South Wales, Aug’st 1835.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Sarah (nee Kennedy) Busby had eight children, six of whom survived infancy. Her eldest son George was a surgeon in Bathurst, and two other sons served in the New South Wales Legislature. With her husband, John Busby, she retired to their 2000 acre property Kirkton, near Singleton which had been granted in 1835. Sarah died at Kirkton in 1842, aged 7...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1511
Record Identifier
9qoaRr51
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Reference code
9621350
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