• Title
  Item 05: [Mrs Charles Grimes, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait]
• Call number
  MIN 26
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  ca. 1810
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431777
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on paper, in oval shaped brass frame with glass front and no back. Two loops at top centre to attach frame to brass hook on rectangular shaped board with red velvet cover on front and cardboard flap that acts as stand on the reverse. - 7.2 x 6.1 cm., portrait, inside frame (sight) - 12.3 x 10.8 cm. (frame)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Cassandra Atkinson married Charles Grimes (1772-1858), surveyor, in 1815 at Woodford, Essex. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.1, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1966
• Scope and Content
  The female in this portrait is in profile and wears a neo-classical (Roman) plain muslin gown with sheer undershirt or habit shirt.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This portrait was painted over in varnish at unknown date.
  
  Copy Print : MIN 26 available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1025612
• Name
  Grimes, Cassandra
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1043518

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