• Title
  [Sarah Lawson, late 1790's - watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 64
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  late 1790's (dated from costume)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431411
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in gold circular shaped frame with thick glass on front, set as a brooch (pin is missing). Encased on the reverse, covered in glass, is interwoven hair, brown in colour with auburn highlights. At the top centre of the frame are two loops for hanging. - Max Diam 5 cm. (portrait, sight) - 5.3 x 5.7 cm. (frame), 1.2 (loop)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Sarah Leadbeater married William Lawson (1774-1850), explorer and pastoralist, on Norfolk Island in 1812. -- Reference: New South Wales Births Deaths & Marriages, V18121333 3A/1812 , 1812.
• Scope and Content
  The female in this portrait wears a high waisted wrap-style muslin dress fastened with a dark blue ribbon that is tied around the bustline and shoulders. Her hair is natural [i.e. not powdered] and has a white ribbon.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
• General note
  
  Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "Mrs. Lawson / Wife of Lieut. Wm. Lawson"
  
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
  Digital order no:a128919
• Name
  Lawson, Sarah, c.1783-1830
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  hair (people)
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (January - March 2004)
  Age of Macquarie - Greenway Gallery, Hyde Park Barracks
  Possessed : an exhibition of treasures - State Library of New South Wales (March - May, 1997)
  Women Transported : Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories - Parramatta Heritage Centre (August 2008 - November 2010)

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