• Title
  Portrait of Sir James Stirling, ca. 1833
• Call number
  ML 15
  Status: On long term loan. Government House, Western Australia
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1833
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  897230
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : from colour transparency
  
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil - 48 1/2 x 39 in., framed
  
• Collection history
  This portrait was acquired in 1928 from Commander T. W. Stirling. It passed, presumably from Governor Stirling's family to his elder brother Walter Stirling (d. 1864); thence to his sister, Agnes Stirling (d. 1873); thence to her nephew, Thomas Mayne Stirling, and thence to his son, Commander T. W. Stirling.
• Scope and Content
  Portrait of Sir James Stirling, with the Swan River Cup (presented to Stirling in 1833) on the table at his side.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Related Material
  Correspondence concerning portrait and letters of Sir James Stirling, 1928-1929 (913651)
• General note
  
  The uniform worn in the portrait was probably Stirling's own design.
  Digital order no:a6433001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Unsigned.
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  It has been suggested that this could be the work of Thomas Phillips, or of William Beechey. In his 'Land Looking West', London, 1948, Malcolm Uren states that Stirling's portrait was painted by Beechey during his 1832-1834 visit.
  
  It seems probable that the portrait was done in England.
• Date note
  
  Undated. The back of the canvas is stamped 'G. Rowney & Co, 51 Rathbone Place'. This company was at that address ca. 1833, and later at 52 Rathbone Place. Stirling was in England from late 1832 to June 1834 - in 1833 he was knighted and was presented with the coffee pot (shown in the portrait) in May 1833.
• Name
  Stirling, James, Sir
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  military uniforms
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Standing Display Government House - Government House (Perth, W.A.) (1 January, 2001 - 1 July, 2015)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3293684

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