Colonel James Nunn, Australian Mounted Infantry, ca. 1840 / attributed to Joseph Fowles
Colonel James Nunn, Australian Mounted Infantry, ca. 1840 / attributed to Joseph Fowles
Colonel James Nunn, Australian Mounted Infantry, ca. 1840 / attributed to Joseph Fowles
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1840
Call Numbers
ML 1321 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, North Wall, no. 130
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 60.9 x 43.8 cm. (image) in gilded wood frame 79 x 62.5 cm. - oil on canvas
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : Out of copyright - Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A full length portrait of Major James Winniett Nunn, of the 80th Regiment of Foot, Commandant of the New South Wales Police, with a landscape of New South Wales in the background.
Nunn was probably part of the 5th Irish Lancers whose uniform is distinguished by the great flowing green head-piece depicted. He became prominently associated wit...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Colonel James Nunn, Australian Mounted Infantry, ca. 1840 / attributed to Joseph Fowles
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1269583
Signature / Inscriptions
No signature.
Attributions / Conjectures
Possibly painted by Joseph Fowles. While the painting is not dated or signed, it does depict Nunn in NSW. It is possible that it was painted in England, though the attribution to Joseph Fowles is credible.
Attribution to Joseph Fowles made by Elizabeth Ellis. 2014 Hordern House catalogue for European Discovery, 1538-1843, p.75, Number 33.
Date note
Undated.
Date range based on Nunn's arrival in colony in 1837 and his appointment as Colonel in 1846.
Description source
Label on verso of painting.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, October 2014, Lot 33
Exhibited in
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (2018)
Administrative / Biographical history
Nunn arrived in New South Wales with the 80th Regiment of Foot which was garrisoned from 1837 to 1844. In the same year he became the commander of the NSW Mounted Police, and in December 1837, it was reported that Aboriginal warriors had attacked and killed stockmen on properties beyond the limits of settlement in the Namoi River district. Nunn was...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1321 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, North Wall, no. 130
Record Identifier
YK5QJoan
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QJoan
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1248659
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