Mr George Hill, painted by Maurice Felton Surgeon, Sydney 1841
Mr George Hill, painted by Maurice Felton Surgeon, Sydney 1841
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1841
Call Numbers
ML 1327
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 90 x 71 cm. - oil on canvas
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
An oil painting on canvas of a portrait of George Hill, 39 years of age. Dressed as a young business man and depicting his status in Colonial society.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mr George Hill, painted by Maurice Felton Surgeon, Sydney 1841
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed, titled and dated on verso.
Object History
The vendor is the great, great grandson of George Hill and inherited the painting from his mother.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, 17 February 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Mr George Hill (1802-1883) was a butcher, alderman and sporting patron. He was born at Parramatta, the son of transported convicts: William Hill and Mary Johnson. Like many of the ‘native born’, Hill proved to be a successful business man, despite receiving little formal education. He owned his own slaughterhouse and also three inns in Pitt Street....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1327
Record Identifier
nX6OJXzY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OJXzY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1302381
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