• Title
  [Mrs Celia Wills daughter of Mary Reibey, ca. 1820 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 80
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1820 (dated from costume)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  432086
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in rectangular shaped wooden frame that bears carved design of leaves along sides and sun motifs in each corner, glass front, and metal stand pinned to backing sheet. - 8.9 x 6.8 cm. portrait, inside frame (sight) - 14.4 x 11.3 cm. (frame)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Celia Reibey married Thomas Wills on 14 June 1822 in St Phillip's Church, Sydney. -- Reference: Mutch Index, FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Online Jan. 2004.
• Scope and Content
  The female in this portrait wears evening attire that consists of a low-cut high waisted blue silk ball gown with short puff sleeves, chemise undergarment visible above lace trim at neckline, a tartan stole, and multiple strands of gold chains.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print giving title and donor information.
  Handwritten in black ink on the back of frame, possibly by a Mitchell Library staff member, "Mrs. Celia Wills daughter of Mrs. Reibey presented to Mitchell Library by Mrs A.G. Foster Feb. 27 1925"
  The portrait has been re-mounted and framed at a later unknown date.
  Digital order no:a128654
• Name
  Wills, Celia, 1803-1823
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Reserve Bank: 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Currency Note Museum (16 December, 2009 - 30 March, 2010)
  Dead Central - State Library of New South Wales (May 2019 - May 2020). Applies to: Reproduction replaced MIN from 19th December 2019

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