Portrait of Jessie Matcham Pitt

ML 1614

fonds

approximately 1855-1870

Graphic Materials, Paintings

9671056

1 painting - 60 x 47 cm - oil on canvas

Jessie Matcham Pitt was born in 1840, the eldest daughter of George Matcham Pitt (1814-1896). His grandmother, Mary Pitt (nee Matcham) arrived in Sydney in 1801 as a free settler and received a 100-acre land grant at Mulgrave Place, Richmond. Jessie married William Mylam Nicholas Garling on 16 May 1868 and had five children. She died in 1887.

Source:
Family Search. "Ida Roxburgh Garling". Accessed 3 October 2023. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9NT9-38F/ida-roxburgh-garling-1874-1965

Donor inherited the painting from her grandmother, Ida Roxburgh Fisher (nee Garling), daughter of Jessie Matcham Pitt.

Oil on canvas portrait painting by unknown artist depicting Jessie Matcham Pitt, daughter of George Matcham Pitt (1814-1896).

This portrait is an example of a technique in which a photograph of the subject was projected onto a canvas surface and the artist painted directly onto the image.

Access via appointment - Framed Collections

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Library correspondence file

Source:
Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 1868. Accessed September 29, 2023. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13166489

JAIC Online. "Paintings on a Photographic Base". Accessed September 29, 2023. https://cool.culturalheritage.org/jaic/articles/jaic24-02-004.html

Artist unknown.

Date range estimated based on age of sitter and design of historical dress.