• Title
  Photographic copy of a portrait of William Redfern painted by George Marshall Mather in 1832
• Creator
  Freeman & Co. Ltd
• Call number
  P3/62
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  approximately 1926
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  845316
• Physical Description
  1 photograph - black and white - 37.7 x 25.7 cm
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Reproduction Restricted:
  Approval for reproduction required:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Courtesy of the owner of the original.
• Finding Aids
  Research notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room, PXn 770 -
• Original held by
  The original 1832 miniature is held in a private collection.
• Published Information
  This portrait appears as an illustration to an article by S. Elliott Napier in the Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July 1926. It is captioned `from a miniature painted in Edinburgh shortly before his death and believed to be the only portrait of his in existence'.
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
• General note
  
  Further photographic prints, negatives and transparencies (coloured and black and white) made in 1965 (Pic.Acc.688), 1971 (Pic.Acc.2406) and 1988 (Pic.Acc.6531) from the original miniatures of William and Sarah Redfern are available at P1/Redfern, William.
  Digital order no:c001170001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The photograph is inscribed at lower right 'Freeman & Co/Copy'.
  The original miniature is inscribed on reverse 'William Redfern, Painted by, George Marshall Mather, 72 Prince's St, Edinburgh, August 1832', compared with photograph of inscription at P1/Redfern, William. -- Notes pasted on reverse side of mount.
• Date note
  
  Copy: Photographic copy of a 1832 watercolour miniature.
  Photographic copy is undated: Presented to the Library in 1926.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Mather, George Marshall
  
• Name
  Redfern, William, 1774?-1833
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  miniatures
  

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