• Title
  [Portrait miniature of David Collins, watercolour on ivory, ca. 1797-ca. 1803 / by John T. Barber]
• Creator
  John Thomas Barber Beaumont, 1774-1841
• Call number
  MIN 538
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [ca. 1797-ca. 1803]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  9587255
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, framed behind curved cover glass in a black and gold frame - 13.9 x 12 cm in frame
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  David Collins arrived with the First Fleet aboard the Sirius in 1788. He was appointed deputy judge advocate and lieutenant-governor of the new colony and as such, Collins was responsible, under the governor, for the colony's entire legal establishment. Collins returned to the colony in 1803 to take up the appointment as the first Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land.
  
  The portrait is by the English miniaturist artist John T. Barber (1774-1841) who born 1774 in London. He joined the Royal Academy school at the age of 17, took to miniature painting and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1794-1806. His patrons included the Royal Family, the Dukes of Kent, York and Clarence, before he changed careers and added Beaumont to his name in 1812.
  
  Reference: Library file.
• Collection history
  By descent through the family of David Collins.
• Scope and Content
  1 portrait miniature of David Collins. A watercolour gum arabic on ivory that is supported by a thin cardboard, behind curved cover glass in a black and gold frame, with metal acorn clasp and loop hanger at top. The oval image is 8.8 x 7 cm, and the frame is 13.9 x 12 cm.
  
  Collins is dressed in the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines at the rank of Captain.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  No title. Title provided by cataloguer.
• General note
  
  A colour negative copy of the miniature is held at FM2/180. Produced by the Library in 1963 by permission of the then owner.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  On the reverse of the frame are the following typed and manuscript notes:
  "David Collins (son of Major General A.T. Collins). He and another brother went out in 1787 in charge of the first lot of convicts to Botany Bay. He acted as Provst Marshall and afterwards became Governor of Van Diemen's Land (later known as Tasmania). Born 3 March 1756-7, [bapt]ized 24 March 1810."
  "Wrote letters from the Boston area at the start of the War of Independence in America in 1775. Note one dated July 14, 1775, describing the after effects of the Battle of Bunker Hill fought on 17 June, with great loses to the British".
• Date note
  
  No date. Dated based on David Collins' return to London in 1797, and prior to the 1804 engraving of 'David Collins Esqu, engraved by A. Cardon from miniature by J.T. Barber'.
• Name
  Collins, David, 1756-1810
  
• Subject
  Lieutenant governors--Tasmania.
  Colonists--New South Wales
  Portrait miniatures--England
  Painting, English
  
• Topic
  naval officers
  uniforms
  miniatures
  
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