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101073
  • Title
    Photographs, drawings and postcards from the Nepean family papers, ca. 1772-1937
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXE 1067
    FM2/2047
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1772-1937
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    101073
  • Physical Description
    1 silhouette - oval image 9 x 7.5 cm - bronzed
    24 photographs - on mount 25 x 35.5 cm or smaller - albumen, silver gelatin (most are mounted)
    1 print - 20.5 x 12.5 cm
    1 drawing - image 19 x 28 cm - crayon
    2 negatives - 21 x 15 cm
    5 ephemera items (postcards) - 9 x 14.5 cm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Sir Evan Nepean, 1751-1822, was Under-Secretary in the Home Office at the time of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales. His brother Nicholas arrived in Sydney in 1790 in charge of the first detachment of the New South Wales Corps, and was in command at Norfolk Island for a short period during 1793.
  • Scope and Content
    Contains portraits of Evan and Nicholas Nepean and other family members, including copy photoprints of original paintings by Gainsborough and other artists. Also includes photoprints of the monument to Evan Nepean in the Loders Church, Dorset, U.K. and interiors of the church.

    FM2/2047
    2 copy negatives of the monument in Loders Church, Dorset, U.K.

    Forms part of MLMSS 66 - the Nepean family papers
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment - FM2/2047 only
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.1057 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    All are titled
  • Date note

    Dated from MLMSS 66 Mitchell Library
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