• Title
  [Eugene Dominique Nicolle, ca. 1869 - miniature portrait]
• Call number
  MIN 242
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1869
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  440267
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 pencil drawing housed in oval shaped gold locket with a hinged lid that opens by an indentation at join line on right-hand side, and has two loops at centre top to suspend from chain. When open, the locket has two display recesses, one with a shield and one with the portrait, which are covered in glass. The outside of the locket is decorated with a twisted gold thread, similar to a rope, that is strung through a rectangular groove in centre of both lid and base. - 2.4 x 1.9 cm. image (site); 3.1 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm. (case when closed)
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  As E.D. Nicolle married Jane Williams in New Zealand in 1859, it is possible that this locket is a 10th wedding anniversary present.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874600
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Engraved on base of locket, ""E. D. Nicolle.""
  Engraved on sheild stored inside lid of locket, ""Genius / Triumphed / April 28th / 1869.""
• Name
  Nicolle, Eugene Dominique, 1823-1909
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  lockets
  miniatures
  personal effects
  portraits
  shields (prizes)
  

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