• Title
  Item 04: John Blaxland [ca. 1880 / miniature painted photographic portrait by Richard Dighton]
• Call number
  MIN 90
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  ca. 1880
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  413947
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 item of jewellery - hand-painted photographic portrait in metal pinchbeck frame, attached to a plaited braid of hair - visible image 3.8 x 3.2 cm.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Probably worn as a bracelet or choker by a family descendant.
  Photographer, Richard Dighton, is listed for the period 1880-1883 in the 'Directory of English, Scottish & Welsh Photographers, 1840-1940 / Sandy Barrie (1998)
  This is a later photographic copy of an original miniature portrait on ivory, ca. 1800 (Location No: MIN 88). It is similar in style to MIN 56 which is a hand-painted photographic portrait of Harriott, Mrs John Blaxland.
  Digital order no:a126018
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  `[Richard] Dighton, artist. Weston Villa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire' -- photographer's stamp on reverse
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880
  
• Name
  Blaxland, John, 1769-1845
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  hair (people)
  personal effects
  picture frames
  pioneers
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Private Lives: Families of N.S.W. - State Library of New South Wales (1 January, 2001 - 3 February, 2002)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1632695

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