• Title
  Lt. Col. George Johnston, 1810 / watercolour portrait by R. Dighton
• Creator
  Robert Dighton, 1752-1814
• Call number
  ML 511
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1810
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  832553
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour - 54.6 x 39.4 cm. inside mount; framed 69.8 x 54.6 cm.
  
• Collection history
  "The Library holds a portrait of Robert Johnston also painted by Dighton in 1810 and it can be assumed that both portraits were commissioned as a pair. They are of similar size and have backgrounds appropriate to each man’s career - a naval ship for Robert and a military encampment for George. The paintings were intended as a commemoration of the Johnston family confirming their position in the higher levels of colonial society". -- Mitchell Correspondence File.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Related Material
  [Portrait of Midshipman Robert Johnston], 1810 / drawn by Robert Dighton (9623536)
• General note
  
  The painting is similar to those detailed below, but the background differs from that in each of the other paintings. The similar portraits are:
  a. Oil by H. R. Smith (ML 9)
  b. Reproduction of painting, held by Johnston's daughter, Mrs. Weston, in Historical Records of NSW, v.6, facing p.433
  Digital order no:a1528248
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed and dated 'Dighton 1810' at lower left.
• Name
  Johnston, George, 1764-1823
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  watercolours
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Politics & Power: Bligh's Sydney Rebellion 1808 - State Library of New South Wales (21 January - 27 April, 2008)
  For Auld Lang Syne: Images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation - Art Gallery of Ballarat
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3273975

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