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Item 03: Portrait of John Larking Scarvell, 1855 / oil painting by Richard Noble

Item 03: Portrait of John Larking Scarvell, 1855 / oil painting by Richard Noble

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Item 03: Portrait of John Larking Scarvell, 1855 / oil painting by Richard Noble

About this item

Full title

Item 03: Portrait of John Larking Scarvell, 1855 / oil painting by Richard Noble

Date

1855

Call Numbers

ML 1250 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, East Wall, no. 296

Record Identifier

npAdPyo1

Reference Code

910329

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

1 painting - visible image 74.5 x 61.7 cm, in frame 94.0 x 81.5 cm - oil

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1995.

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Issue Copy

Digitised

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

A framed portrait of John Larking Scarvell showing his face and upper body.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Item 03: Portrait of John Larking Scarvell, 1855 / oil painting by Richard Noble

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 923829

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed and dated 'Richd. Noble 1855' at bottom left of portrait

Conservation note

Wooden frame, which matches the frame of the portrait of Sarah Scarvell, nee Redmond (ML 1251).

Contextual Information

Source

Acquired from a branch of the Scarvell family, June 2010.

Administrative / Biographical history

John Larking Scarvell (1791-1861), a captain in the East India Company and magistrate at Windsor, N.S.W., married Sarah Redmond at St James's Church, Sydney, in March 1828. John Scarvell retired from the East India Company shortly after his marriage to Sarah and they resided at Clare House (Killarney), in Oakville, N.S.W.. They had ten children, o...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

ML 1250 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, East Wall, no. 296

Record Identifier

npAdPyo1

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdPyo1

Other Identifiers

Reference code

910329

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