• Title
  [Terracotta portrait plaque of J. L. Mullins, 1880-85 / Achille Simonetti]
• Creator
  Achille Simonetti
• Call number
  P*1
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1880-85
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  447191
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 terracotta portrait plaque in frame - approx. 21 cm. diameter (plaque); approx. 36 cm. diameter (frame); depth approx. 7 cm. - Portrait plaque is mounted in blue velvet inside a black enamel and gilt circular frame with domed glazing
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Trained as a sculptor in Rome, Achille Simonetti migrated to Australia in 1871 at the instigation of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane. His work won prizes at several exhibitions in the years following his move to Sydney in 1874. He taught at the school established by the NSW Academy of Art in 1875, and completed many public and private commissions including the monument to Governor Phillip in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney -- for further information about Achille Simonetti, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1976 (pp. 125-126)
• General note
  
  No signature, date or title is visible. An extract from Mullins' memories made by his daughter Hilda Lane Mullins (ML Aa99/1) notes ""In the early eighties he [Simonetti] made & presented to me a terra cotta medallion of myself.""
  ""Mullins was a notable patron of the arts ... As a youth he had assisted the sculptor Achille Simonetti"" -- for further information about John Lane Mullins, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, 1891-1939. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1986 (pp. 608-609)
  Digital order no:a928323
• Subject
  Plaques, plaquettes.
  Mullins, John Lane, 1857-1939
  
• Topic
  bas-reliefs
  portraits
  terracotta sculptures
  
• Exhibited in
  
  The Italian Connection - S.H. Ervin Gallery (23 September - 14 November, 1993)

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