• Title
  Mary Cover Hassall Aged 23 years. February 2nd 1852 - [watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 48
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1852
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431413
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 8.8 x 6.7 cm. (portrait, sight) - 12.6 x 11 cm. (case) - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature, mounted with gold painted rectangular border and glass cover, stored in original dark red cross-grained morocco rectangular shaped case. The case is lined in dark red velvet, has a hinged lid, and two metal hooks and eyelets on the right-hand side for fastening.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Mary Hassall was born at Malair near Camden, N.S.W. in 1828. She was the daughter of Jonathan Hassall (1798-1834) and Mary nee Rouse (1799-1883); and granddaughter of Rev. Rowland Hassall, and Richard and Elizabeth Rouse. In 1853 she married William Walker (1828-1908). -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.6, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1976
• Scope and Content
  Mary Hassall is seated and holds a flower in her right hand of a similar type displayed in a green vase to her left. Her clothing consists of a blue silk dress, long-waisted with a plastrom bodice, pagoda sleeves with under sleeves, and the edge of a chemise undergarment is visible at the neckline. Mary's jewellery includes a bracelet, brooch, and muff chain.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
  Digital order no:a128923
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled on the back of mount.
• Name
  Hassall, Mary Cover, 1828-1858
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3199702

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