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[Portrait of Benjamin Boyd], Sydney, 1846 / J. Backler
[Portrait of Benjamin Boyd], Sydney, 1846 / J. Backler
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1846
Call Numbers
ML 1559
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 89 x 73 cm - oil on canvas, in gilt wood frame
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A full-length portrait, in an original gilded wooden frame with matching gilded slip, of Benjamin Boyd with his horse and dogs set in a mountainous rural landscape. A group of Indigenous people are depicted around a campfire in the background.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Portrait of Benjamin Boyd], Sydney, 1846 / J. Backler
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait may have been commissioned from the artist by the sitter’s brother, James Boyd (1819-1852) as a gift to their mother Janet.
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right 'J. Backler Sydney 1846'
Inscribed in iron gall ink on stretcher 'Mr James Boyd to his Mother 1846'
Description source
Title devised by cataloguer based on vendor information
Object History
By descent from Boyd family to the Coram family. Between 1846 and 1914, the painting resided in Mertonhall, Wigton with the Boyd family. Ownership was transferred to Marion Gray Boyd (b. 1850 d. 1916), only child of James Boyd and Elizabeth Gray, who married Edward William Sprot (b. 1846 d. 1898). The painting was inherited by their only son Captai...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Brendan Coram, April 2020
Administrative / Biographical history
Joseph Backler (1813?-1895), convict artist and portrait painter, who arrived in Sydney in the Portland on 25 May 1832. In 1843 Backler advertised his services as a portrait, miniature and landscape painter, in oils and watercolours'. The subject, Benjamin Boyd (1801-1851) was a Scottish entrepreneur who became a shipowner, banker, grazier, politic...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1559
Record Identifier
YezW2WV9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezW2WV9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9650368
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