• Title
  [William Lawson, ca. 1960's - watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 63
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1960's
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  442765
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour drawing on ivory miniature, stored in oval shaped gold frame with glass front and glass back, and loop at centre top for hanging - 5.1 x 4.1 cm. (image, sight) ; 5.6 x 4.7 cm. (frame) ; 1.3 cm. (loop)
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The work is not signed, titled, or dated. Date derived from approximate age of sitter.
  
  Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "Lieut. Wm. Lawson / 1774-1850. / Who, with Blaxland, made the first / crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813."
  Digital order no:a928098
• Date note
  
  Originally dated ca. 1840's. Dated ca. 1960s, by Curator of Photographs, May 2013.
• Name
  Lawson, William, 1774-1850
  
• Topic
  explorers
  miniatures
  picture frames
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Colonial Governors - Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (1 March - 30 September, 2005)
  The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (July, 2010 - October, 2010)
  Crossing the Blue Mountains - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2013 - August, 2013)

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