Lieutenant Thornbury, ca 1835 - ca 1844 / watercolour on ivory miniature painted by R.E. [or possibl...
Lieutenant Thornbury, ca 1835 - ca 1844 / watercolour on ivory miniature painted by R.E. [or possibl...
Lieutenant Thornbury, ca 1835 - ca 1844 / watercolour on ivory miniature painted by R.E. [or possibly N.E.] Browning
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Author / Creator
Date
ca 1835 - ca 1844
Call Numbers
DL Pa 16
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 8.6 x 6.9 cm. portrait, inside frame (sight) - 14 x 11.7 cm. (frame), 0.6 cm. (loop) - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature placed within metal rectangular mount with oval glass front and encased within a rectangular dark brown wooden frame. The frame has remanants of red paint and has a meta...
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Out of copyright
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Full title
Lieutenant Thornbury, ca 1835 - ca 1844 / watercolour on ivory miniature painted by R.E. [or possibly N.E.] Browning
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1319565...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed `R.E. Browning' or possibly `N.E. Browning' at lower left of image.
`Lieut. Thornbury' handwritten in black ink on reverse of frame.
Old paper label on reverse of frame: `Min 54'
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
The sitter is probably Lieutenant Nathaniel Henry Thornbury (1808-1881) of the 4th Native Infantry (Bombay), the son of William Henry and Jane Thornbury. He was probably born in Woking, Surrey, England on 23 March 1808. -- Source: www.familysearch.org
He is recorded in the Asiatic Journal...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pa 16
Record Identifier
nZNvOV6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvOV6n
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Reference code
404872
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