• Title
  Item 09: [James Snowden Calvert, ca. 1869-1872 / portrait attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
• Call number
  P2/372
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  ca. 1869-1872
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  446176
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour and pencil - 28.7 x 27.9 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  James Snowden Calvert was an explorer and botanist who migrated to Australia in 1841. Calvert accompanied Ludwig Leichhardt on his overland expedition form Brisbane to Port Essington. In 1869 Calver married the distinguished naturalist and author, Louisa Atkinson. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.3, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1969
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  According to the donor, the work is titled in Louise Annie Snowden Calvert's hand (the daughter of the sitter of the portrait).
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Attributed to the sitter's wife, Louisa Atkinson, and dated approximately from the period of their marriage and the date of his wife's death. See notes compiled by Miss Janet Cosh located at PXn 836.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Atkinson, Louisa, 1834-1872
  
• Name
  Calvert, James Snowden, 1825-1884
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8999830

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