Item 05: [Mrs Charles Grimes, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait]
Item 05: [Mrs Charles Grimes, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1810
Call Numbers
MIN 26
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 7.2 x 6.1 cm., portrait, inside frame (sight) - 12.3 x 10.8 cm. (frame) - 1 watercolour on paper, in oval shaped brass frame with glass front and no back. Two loops at top centre to attach frame to brass hook on rectangular shaped board with red velvet cover on front and cardboard flap th...
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Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The female in this portrait is in profile and wears a neo-classical (Roman) plain muslin gown with sheer undershirt or habit shirt.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 05: [Mrs Charles Grimes, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait]
Notes
General note
This portrait was painted over in varnish at unknown date.
Copy Print : MIN 26 available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Digital order no:Album ID : 1025612
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss C. Homewood, Nov. 1950
Administrative / Biographical history
Cassandra Atkinson married Charles Grimes (1772-1858), surveyor, in 1815 at Woodford, Essex. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.1, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1966
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 26
Record Identifier
nQR2VdZ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2VdZ1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
431777
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