[Portrait of Lieutenant George Shedden Dunbar of the Royal Marines], 1847 / W N [William Nicholas]
[Portrait of Lieutenant George Shedden Dunbar of the Royal Marines], 1847 / W N [William Nicholas]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[Sydney : W. Baker], 1847
Call Numbers
P2/504
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 26.9 x 20.4 cm - etching
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A near full-length portrait etching of Lieutenant George Shedden Dunbar in full military uniform
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Portrait of Lieutenant George Shedden Dunbar of the Royal Marines], 1847 / W N [William Nicholas]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'W N 1847' at middle right
Published information
Plate facing p. 144 of: Heads of the people : an illustrated journal of literature, whims, and oddities. [Sydney : W. Baker], Vol. 1, no. 19, 1847
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, Australian Portraits, May 2010, no. 10
Administrative / Biographical history
George Shedden Dunbar, First Lieutenant of the Royal Marines, died at Woolwich, Kent on December 6, 1850.
This portrait of Dunbar was published in Heads of the People: an Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims, and Oddities in August 1847. The description accompanying his portrait reads:
The Royal Marine
In addition to our head...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P2/504
Record Identifier
Yoldek29
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yoldek29
Other Identifiers
Reference code
900738
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