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[Elizabeth Macquarie, ca. 1810 - watercolour on ivory miniature]

[Elizabeth Macquarie, ca. 1810 - watercolour on ivory miniature]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6NQ69

[Elizabeth Macquarie, ca. 1810 - watercolour on ivory miniature]

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Full title

[Elizabeth Macquarie, ca. 1810 - watercolour on ivory miniature]

Date

ca. 1810 (dated by costume)

Call Numbers

MIN 70

Record Identifier

9yM6NQ69

Reference Code

431875

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Drawings - 9.6 x 7.8 cm. portrait, inside frame (sight) - 16.3 x 14.1 cm. (frame) - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in rectangular black wooden frame with oval shaped glass and painted gold edge in centre, and backed in black "American" paper.

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The female in this portrait wears an Elizabethan revival style dress with a ruff collar made of fine white cotton that is tucked into the back of the black coloured dress, gold braid trim or armbands at the the base of puffed sleeves, and a [mourning?] brooch at neckline.

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Elizabeth Macquarie, ca. 1810 - watercolour on ivory miniature]

Notes

General note

Digital order no:a128640...

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by F.W. Lawson, 1928

Administrative / Biographical history

Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell married Lachlan Macquarie in 1807. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MIN 70

Record Identifier

9yM6NQ69

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6NQ69

Other Identifiers

Reference code

431875

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