Item 1: Ben Johnson, 1876 / painted by William Macleod
Item 1: Ben Johnson, 1876 / painted by William Macleod
About this item
Full title
Date
1876
Call Numbers
ML 1282
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 80.8 x 49.2 cm, in frame 87.7 x 70.9 cm - oil
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Signed portrait of Ben Johnson, middle-aged.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 1: Ben Johnson, 1876 / painted by William Macleod
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Faint signature on left side of image 'W. McLeod'
Silver plaque on bottom edge of painting frame inscribed 'I.O.O.F.M.U. Rose of Australia Lodge no. 4024 Presented to Past Grand B. Johnson by the members of the above lodge for services rendered Sydney 30th March 1876'
Label on back of frame, faded and partially torn, 'P. Brown Picture Fram-.....
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
William Mcleod was a Federation era painter, cartoonist, illustrator, stained-glass designer and businessman. He was one of the founding Bulletin artists and editors. Labelled 'a distinguished portrait painter’, Macleod had work from the first issue of J.F. Archibald’s Sydney Bulletin (1880). He drew the Bulletin 's first political cartoon, an unsu...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1282
Record Identifier
nmQZ2N6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQZ2N6n
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Reference code
1010969
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