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Print
441970
  • Title
    Doctor Robert Townson / painted by Augustus Earle
  • Creator
  • Call number
    ML 241
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Between 1825-1827
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    441970
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 painting - 90 x 75 cm. incl. frame - oil on canvas, plantation timber frame with gilt front
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955.
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Unsigned. Attribution is from letter by Townson to Reverend Reddall (MLMSS A423, p.396)
    Undated. Date approximated from when Earle arrived in Australia & Townson died
    Untitled. Identified by the Australian Museum, using the inscription on the letter shown in the painting. See PXn 2 for further information about identification of the books & letter shown in the painting
    Reframed 2004 ; Original frame filed at F495
    Digital order no:a3540001
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    "Sinclair" -- written in pencil on the back of the stretcher. Possibly a reference to the Secretary of the Australian Museum in the 1920s.

    Reference:
    Mr McCarthy, Australian Museum (from notes on library catalogue card)
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