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Title
Phototransparency of portrait of R. Read, Artist, 1808
Creator
Richard Read, approximately 1765-1827?
Call number
FM5/1388
Level of description
fonds
Date

1995 (photographic copy of 1808 original miniature on ivory)
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
98508
Physical Description
1 transparency - 5 x 4 in. (original measures 9.9 x 7.4 cm (sight)) - colour
Scope and Content
Phototransparency of original watercolour on ivory miniature.
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
General note

A 6 x 4.5 cm colour phototransparency of inscription is also at FM5/1388
Signatures / Inscriptions

Inscribed on a sheet of paper pasted to original wooden backing board (now fixed to reverse of modern mount) "Portrait of R. Read, Artist, Painted by Himself, London, 1808"
Original in private collection.
Subject
Men--Australia--Portraits.
Read, Richard, approximately 1765-1827?--Portraits.
Topic
artists
miniatures
self-portraits

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