442829
- Title[Frederick Eccleston Du Faur, ca. 1905 - portrait]
- Creator
- Call numberMIN 21
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1905 - Type of material
- Reference code442829
- Physical Description1 drawing - in frame - 8.3 x 7 cm. (image, sight) ; 9.1 x 7.9 cm. (frame)
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Du Faur was a draftsman, public servant, and patron of exploration and the arts who served as president of the New South Wales Academy of Art from 1892-1915. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.4, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1972. - Scope and ContentA miniature portrait housed in rectangular shaped gold frame with glass front and green velvet backing, and two loops at centre top of frame for hanging mechanism
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - General note
Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "E. Du Faur. / For some years President / of the National Art Gallery of N.S.W. / Presented by the Artist / Miss Richards, 1927" - Signatures / Inscriptions
Signed in white at lower left, "Ella Richards"
Stamped at centre of lower edge of frame, "GES / 4" - Subject
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