• Title
  [Macarthur family portrait, possibly daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, 1825 - watercolour on miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 33
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1825 (dated from costume)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431550
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on card miniature encased in oval shaped gold painted frame with outer edge of twisted metal or rope pattern and glass front. The back of the frame is oval shaped, made of metal, and fits onto the front. At the top centre of frame is a metal loop that does not meet at the top. - 7.7 x 6.6 cm. inside frame (sight) - 9 x 7.9 cm. (frame)
  
• Scope and Content
  The female in this portrait wears a a day dress of plain white cotton or silk with frogging (military detailing) across bodice, cap sleeves, and high waisted under bustline. On her head is an indoor cap with ribbons and she has a gold chain, fob chain, and cravat at neckline. A gold brooch fastens the collar that is edged in broderie anglaise.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  A note on the provenance of this miniature, filed at PXn 944, reveals that it was purchased (along with MIN 34) from George Hannibal Macarthur, the great grandson of Rev. George F. Macarthur, in 1933.
  
  At the time of donation it was thought that the woman in this portrait was a Macarthur relation and may be a daughter of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur and sister of Rev. George F. Macarthur. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.2, the daughters of Hannibal were born from 1816 to 1822 and therefore cannot be the subject of this portrait, dated ca. 1825.
  In accordance with the inscription on the reverse of the portrait, it is possible that the woman is either Elizabeth (1792-1842) or Mary Isabella (1795-1852), daughters of John Macarthur and Elizabeth Veale.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1022156
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Handwritten in pencil on reverse of image, "daughter of / Capt. John Macarthur"
• Name
  Macarthur family
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1028714

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