Item 09: [James Snowden Calvert, ca. 1869-1872 / portrait attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Item 09: [James Snowden Calvert, ca. 1869-1872 / portrait attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Item 09: [James Snowden Calvert, ca. 1869-1872 / portrait attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1869-1872
Call Numbers
P2/372
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 28.7 x 27.9 cm. - watercolour and pencil
Other Descriptions
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File
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 09: [James Snowden Calvert, ca. 1869-1872 / portrait attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
According to the donor, the work is titled in Louise Annie Snowden Calvert's hand (the daughter of the sitter of the portrait).
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to the sitter's wife, Louisa Atkinson, and dated approximately from the period of their marriage and the date of his wife's death. See notes compiled by Miss Janet Cosh located at PXn 836.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Janet Cosh, the granddaughter of Louisa Atkinson, Jan. 1981
Pic.Acc.4928
Administrative / Biographical history
James Snowden Calvert was an explorer and botanist who migrated to Australia in 1841. Calvert accompanied Ludwig Leichhardt on his overland expedition form Brisbane to Port Essington. In 1869 Calver married the distinguished naturalist and author, Louisa Atkinson. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.3, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: M...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P2/372
Record Identifier
nGm4lrbY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4lrbY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446176
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