• Title
  [Portrait of children Stanley and Edith Spark, ca. 1849-1851]
• Call number
  ML 1434
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1849-1851
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  897876
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - visible image oval approx. 43.0 x 52.5 cm, in frame approx. 69.5 x 79.0 cm - pastel
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Edith B. Spark (b. 1845) and Stanley H. Spark (b. 1846) were the fourth and fifth children of Alexander Brodie Spark (1792-1856) and Frances Maria Spark (b. 1810), formerly Mrs Radford. Mrs Radford had three children from her first marriage: Alicia Maria (b. 1829); Robert (b. 1833); and Henry (b. 1836). Alexander and Frances Maria’s children were Alick (Alexander B.) (b. 1841); Frances Maria Ann (b. 1842); Mary Gordon (b. 1843); Edith B.; Stanley H.; and Florence Sophia (b. 1850).
  
  Alexander Brodie Spark was a significant figure in the early colony of New South Wales. Arriving in Sydney in 1823 he established himself as a merchant, shipping agent, land agent, and landowner. He was a Justice of the Peace, Managing Director of the Bank of New South Wales, and the first Treasurer of the Australian Gaslight Company. He was also an art collector and patron of the arts.
  
  References:
  PXn 39 (Mitchell Library). A.B. Spark and family notes
  Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/ (accessed 22 July 2010)
  NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ (accessed 22 July 2010)
• Collection history
  Alexander Brodie Spark, and by descent through the family to Norma Spark Reference: Hordern House, Australian Portraits, May 2010. no. 37
• Scope and Content
  A pastel portrait on paper, laid down on linen, of a young boy and girl drawn in a romantic style
• 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
  
  Digital order no:a3629001
• Date note
  
  Date taken from Hordern House, Australian Portraits, May 2010. no. 37
• Conservation note
  
  Frame, portrait and mount glued together with adhesive
• Name
  Spark family
  Spark, Edith B., b. 1845
  Spark, Stanley H., b. 1846
  
• Subject
  Children--New South Wales--Portraits
  Pastel drawing
  Portrait drawing, Australian
  Portraits, Australian--19th century.
  children
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3302203

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