Queen Victoria, 1841 / oil portrait by Maurice Felton
Queen Victoria, 1841 / oil portrait by Maurice Felton
Queen Victoria, 1841 / oil portrait by Maurice Felton
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Author / Creator
Date
1841
Call Numbers
ML 992 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, North Wall, no. 263
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 89 x 69 cm - oil
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955<br>
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Queen Victoria, 1841 / oil portrait by Maurice Felton
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait is a copy of Thomas Sully's (an American artist) portrait of Queen Victoria, painted in 1838, and from which an engraving was published in 1840. Felton offered this painting in an art union - or raffle - he organised in October 1841 cf. "The Australian" 7 October 1841
Digital order no:202542
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed in paint on reverse "Victoria 1st / pain[ted] by Mr. Felton / Surgeon [?] Sydney / August 1841 No.1"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased 1989
Pic.Acc.6688
Exhibited in
- Possessed : an exhibition of treasures
- Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait.
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997)
State Library of New South Wales (May, 1992 - October, 1992)
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 992 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, North Wall, no. 263
Record Identifier
n7oV2Qyn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oV2Qyn
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Reference code
404734
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