Portrait of Sir James Stirling, ca. 1833
Portrait of Sir James Stirling, ca. 1833
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1833
Call Numbers
ML 15 , Status: Unavailable - On display at Government House, Western Australia
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 48 1/2 x 39 in., framed - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised : from colour transparency
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Portrait of Sir James Stirling, with the Swan River Cup (presented to Stirling in 1833) on the table at his side.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Portrait of Sir James Stirling, ca. 1833
Notes
General note
The uniform worn in the portrait was probably Stirling's own design.
Digital order no:a6433001
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned.
Attributions / Conjectures
It has been suggested that this could be the work of Thomas Phillips, or of William Beechey. In his 'Land Looking West', London, 1948, Malcolm Uren states that Stirling's portrait was painted by Beechey during his 1832-1834 visit.
It seems probable that the portrait was done in England.
Date note
Undated. The back of the canvas is stamped 'G. Rowney & Co, 51 Rathbone Place'. This company was at that address ca. 1833, and later at 52 Rathbone Place. Stirling was in England from late 1832 to June 1834 - in 1833 he was knighted and was presented with the coffee pot (shown in the portrait) in May 1833.
Object History
This portrait was acquired in 1928 from Commander T. W. Stirling. It passed, presumably from Governor Stirling's family to his elder brother Walter Stirling (d. 1864); thence to his sister, Agnes Stirling (d. 1873); thence to her nephew, Thomas Mayne Stirling, and thence to his son, Commander T. W. Stirling.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Commander T. W. Stirling, a grand-nephew of Sir James Stirling, 1928.
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Related Material
Notes and correspondence compiled at the time of purchase in 1928 from a grand-nephew of Sir James are filed at Mitchell Library call no. As 139/Folder 2.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 15 , Status: Unavailable - On display at Government House, Western Australia
Record Identifier
9yM6GLV9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6GLV9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
897230
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