• Title
  [Alfred Wilkinson, ensign. Aged 16 - miniature portrait]
• Call number
  MIN 160
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1825 (dated from costume)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  432037
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Paintings - 9.2 x 7 cm., image - 11.8 x 9.5 cm., frame; 13.2 x 11.1 x 1.7 cm., case - 1 oil Paintings on ivory miniature, affixed to rectangular masonite backing sheet with metal mount painted gold and glass front. Stored in brown cardboard rectangular shaped case with gold leaf design around outer edges and lined in red velvet, with hinged lid and metal button clasp for closing.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Alfred Wilkinson was the father of Frederick Albert Wilkinson (d. 1883) who became dominant in establishing viticulture in the Pokolbin region. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.12, 1891-1930 Carlton, VIC. Melbourne University Press, 1990
• Scope and Content
  The man in this portrait wears a blue wool close fitting jacket with black bindings over a white linen wing-collared shirt.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  A pencil inscription on reverse of mount states, ""This portrait / was painted - (by a friend) - / as a parting gift to / his Mother. 1825 / The oil painting of his father - / Charles Wilkinson was / painted in Egypt by a French / artist named Artaud [?] / A"
  
  According to a note on the Mitchell Library files, Alfred Wilkinson was an officer in the 33rd Regiment Madras Infantry who came to Victoria in 1852 in the ship Kohinoor. He died at Pokolbin 6 February 1896.
  An accompanying non-contemporaneous cardboard label in an unknown hand bears the inscription in black text, "Lieut. Alfred Wilkinson / father of Frederic who / planted / the first wine / grapes in Pokolbin"
  
  The centre of the portrait is cracked in two places.
  The lower edge at the back of the case has broken off.
  Digital order no:a128645
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Title and date from pencil inscription on back of mount.
• Name
  Wilkinson, Alfred
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  oil paintings
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection

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