442543
- Title[James Erskine - silhouette portrait]
- Call numberMIN 166
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Type of material
- Reference code442543
- Physical DescriptionDrawings - 1 bronzed silhouette on card stored in black wooden rectangular frame with oval window at front covered in glass and raised gilt metal rim. At the top centre of the frame is a metal clasp shaped like bundle of grapes with and a loop for hanging. - 8.4 x 6.8 cm. (image, sight) ; 2.1 cm. (loop) ; 15.5 x 12.5 cm. (frame)
- Scope and ContentHead and shoulders profile of a man facing left.
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Access via appointment - General note
The hand-writting on the reverse of the frame is the same as the inscription on; [Colonel James Erskine, ca. 1785-1795 / watercolour on ivory miniature] (MIN 165) and is most likely from the same donor. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Non-contemporaneous handwritten inscription on backing of frame, "Colonel James Erskine / C.B. / 48th Regiment / A.D.C. to King George III / Lt. Gov. of New South Wales / Wounded at the Douro / 1808 / Severely wounded / at Badajoz" - Name
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