• Title
  Doctor Robert Townson / painted by Augustus Earle
• Creator
  Augustus Earle, 1793-1838
• Call number
  ML 241
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1825-1827
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• 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)
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  colonial art
  portraits
  scholars
  scientists
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Pride of place

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