Item 1: William Cox / miniature portrait by C. Rodius, 1830
Item 1: William Cox / miniature portrait by C. Rodius, 1830
About this item
Full title
Date
1830
Call Numbers
ML 1379
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - oval image 8.1 x 6.5 cm. (visible image 7.5 x 5.8 cm. in mount), in frame - pencil and metalpoint drawing on prepared scratchboard
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Head-and-shoulder profile portrait of William Cox in frame
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 1: William Cox / miniature portrait by C. Rodius, 1830
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated at centre right, in pencil "C. Rodius 1830"
The inscriptions are not visible in the mounts. Inscription information taken from: The Artist and the patron : aspects of colonial art in New South Wales / [compiled by] Patricia R. McDonald and Barry Pearce. [Sydney] : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988.
Conservation note
Frame repaired June 2010
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Elegance in exile
- Crossing the Blue Mountains
- Charles Rodius
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (June - August 2012)
State Library of New South Wales (11 May - 12 August, 2013)
State Library of New South Wales (17 June 2023-12 May 2024)
Administrative / Biographical history
Military officer, roadmaker and builder William Cox (1764-1837) is best known for his supervision of the building of the road across the Blue Mountains in 1814. He went on to become a successful pastoralist, and a significant land owner in the colony, based at Clarendon, Windsor. He married his second wife, Anna Blachford in 1821.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1379
Record Identifier
YolgQQv9
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
1009589
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