[John Louis de Marquet, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
[John Louis de Marquet, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1770
Call Numbers
MIN 73
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 3.9 x 2.7 cm. (image, sight) ; 5.2 x 4 cm. (frame) - 1 watercolour drawing on ivory miniature, housed in circular gilt metal frame set as a brooch, with glass front, surrounded by a double row of pearls. Encased in a compartment on the reverse of the frame with a glass front and red satin...
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The male in this portrait wears a biocorn hat with brush fur, jacket with ornamental gold bullion button-holes, epaulettes, and white stock tied at neckline.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[John Louis de Marquet, ca. 1770 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
Notes
General note
The work is not signed or dated.
Titled from non-contemporaneous handwritten label on the reverse, ""Count John Louis de Marquet / 224""
Another portrait of John Louis de Marquet is located at Mitchell Library, PXD 32.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1055214
Contextual Information
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Administrative / Biographical history
Louis de Marquet, of Calcutta was a former officer in the Guard du Corps of Louis XVI. -- Reference Source: A Genealogical and History of the Colonial Gentry / by Sir Bernard Burke. 1891
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 73
Record Identifier
nZNvEpvn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvEpvn
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Reference code
442669
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