• Title
  Mrs [Elizabeth] Marsden wife of Rev. S. Marsden / by Read Senr. Pinxt, 1821
• Creator
  Richard Read, approximately 1765-1827?
• Call number
  MIN 74
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1821
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  404967
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - on ivory - 7.2 x 5.6 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  The female in this portrait wears a blue dress that ties at waistline, a black [woven] shawl, indoor muslin cap with a high crown that ties under the chin and has a frill and lace insert, and a watch on a gold chain.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This item has been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
  Digital order no:a128728
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed & dated centre left, "Read Senr. / Pinxt. / 1821".
  Inscribed on reverse "Mrs Marsden wife of Rev. S. Marsden" and in another hand "Grandmother Marsden"
• Name
  Marsden, Elizabeth, d. 1835
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  colonial art
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait. - State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (July-Sept 2004)
  Elegance in exile - National Portrait Gallery (Australia) (June, 2012 - August, 2012)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3147490

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