John Oxley Parker, Esqe. Deputy Registrar to the Archdeaconries of Essex, Middlesex and Colchester ... [photoprint of engraving of a portrait in oils]

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Photoprint, ca. 1920 of original engraving, May 1819

Graphic Materials, Photographs

402793

Photographs - 1 photoprint of original engraving - 33 x 25 cm (visible image)

Title continues: ... from a painting presented to his family by the Clergy of those Archdeaconries with which he was officially connected more than 40 years. May 1819 AE [i.e. aetat/[sitter] aged] 74. Painted by W. Owen Esqr. R.A. principal portrait painter to H.R.H. The Prince Regent. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater

Manuscript note on reverse by Emily Anne Rodd (nee Blaxland) explaining the relationship of John Oxley Parker to John and Gregory Blaxland of New South Wales. A further note in the hand of the donor (1968) states that Gregory Blaxland's published account of the crossing of the Blue Mountains (1823) was dedicated by his nephew to John Oxley Parker.
Paper label of 'M.H. Bayley & Speirs, 1 Currie Street, Art Dealers & Picture Framers' reverse lower right