Sophia O'Brien, 1841 / Maurice Felton
Sophia O'Brien, 1841 / Maurice Felton
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1841
Call Numbers
DG 427 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, North Wall, no. 264
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 91.5 x 71 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Sophia O'Brien, 1841 / Maurice Felton
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Sophia O'Brien died in February 1841 - according to the Sydney Herald of 23 September 1841 p.2 this portrait was drawn 'partly from a cast taken after her death, and partly from an engraving said to resemble her.'
Keyword subjects:
O'Brien, Sophia
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned. Note in ink on verso of decorative mount, since discarded, stated that painting was by Felton, a surgeon in Sydney in 1841. Untitled.
Conservation note
Painting was extensively restored by Conservator upon its arrival in Mitchell Library September 1975
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 427 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, North Wall, no. 264
Record Identifier
npAd7Jl1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAd7Jl1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
839852
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