Jane Jarvis, ca. 1793 - miniature portrait
Jane Jarvis, ca. 1793 - miniature portrait
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Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The female in this portrait wears a Neo-Classical sheer muslin wrap-around gown and a turban decorated with tear-dropped pearl jewels and a red feather.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Jane Jarvis, ca. 1793 - miniature portrait
Notes
General note
The work is not titled, signed or dated.
On the reverse of the miniature are notes in a Mitchell Library Officer's hand that provide donor and sitter details.
Dated from period of Jane Jarvis' marriage to Lachlan Macquarie.
Digital order no:a928056
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten parital text on backing sheet, "[re]quests the h[onor] of / Miss Welsh's company / Wednesday next / Kingsgate St."
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Lt Col C.F.C. Jarvis through M.H. Ellis, 1958
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Administrative / Biographical history
Jane Jarvis, born in 1772, was the youngest daughter of Thomas Jarvis, the Chief Justice and Member of Council of the island of Antigua. Jane met Lachlan Macquarie in Bombay in November 1792 while whe was acting as companion to her sister Dorothea and married him the following year. They bought a house at Calicut, south of Bombay on the Malabar coa...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 127
Record Identifier
YdmdqVP9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmdqVP9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
432013
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