• Title
  Elizabeth Macarthur [portrait by unknown artist]
• Call number
  DG 221
  Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, West Wall, no. 124
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  826097
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil - 90 x 70.5 cm inside frame 122 x 101 cm
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright
• General note
  
  Copy Print available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874319
• Conservation note
  
  The painting was cleaned in 1972 revealing considerable overpainting which had been applied at a much later date than the original portrait. After cleaning it was revealed that the dress had a lace-up bodice. There was also evidence of some overpainting of the face.
  A photographic copy of the portrait prior to cleaning is available at: Government Printing Office 2 - 06724
  Digital order no. gpo2_06724
  
  References:
  Portraits of Elizabeth and John Macarthur in the Dixson Galleries (PXn 397)
  Mitchell Library Condition Report (DG 221)
• Name
  Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Australian Portraits Timeline - National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (3 December, 2008 - 31 December, 2011)
  Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE652938

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