• Title
  [George Thornton], 1852 / by W. Nicholas
• Creator
  William Nicholas, ca. 1807-1854
• Call number
  MIN 169
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1852
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  404761
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature - 4.3 x 3.5 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  George Thornton, the son of a free father and a convict mother, became a merchant and politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly and Lord Mayor of Sydney. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.6, 1850-1890. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1976
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Identified by text on accompanying envelope, "The Hon. George Thornton M.L.C. / Painted 1852"
  Digital order no:a928099
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Handwritten in pencil on the reverse, "Painted by / W. Nicholas / 1852 / Sydney N.S.W."
• Name
  Thornton, George, 1819-1901
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  mayors
  miniatures
  politicians
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait. - State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3146007

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