Bettington family portraits and photographs

MIN 607-MIN 620

fonds

approximately 1790-1919

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Photographs

9682182

10 drawings and watercolours - 10 x 7 cm or smaller
8 photographic prints - ambrotype - 800 x 600 mm or smaller

John Bettington (1770-1841) and Susannah Brindley (1767-1799) married on 8 December 1795 in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. Their eldest son, James Brindley Bettington (1796–1857), arrived in Sydney in 1827 and married Rebecca Lawson (1813-1882). Her brother, William Lawson (1804-1861) married Sarah Leadbeater (1780-1830) and their youngest daughter, Sarah Maria Lawson (1821-1902) first married Ambrose Hallen (1801-1845) and later George Langley (1817-1878). Their daughter, Caroline Sophia Hallen (1843-1923) married James Brindley Bettington (1837-1915), with whom she had fourteen children. She also had a half-sister, Annie Florence Langley (1857-1923) who married Richard Fortune Blackwell (1840-1896)

References:
Library acquisition file

Find a Grave. "Rebecca Lawson Bettington". Accessed 22 August 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155841279/rebecca-bettington

Sydney Anglican Parish Registers 1814-2011. "Caroline Sophia Hullen". Accessed 22 August 2024. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61177/images/45578

Sydney Stock and Station Journal. 24 December 1915. Accessed 22 August 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125914462

Held by members of the Bettington family and passed to the donors from Mrs William John Henshall Bettington.

9 miniatures comprised of ten drawn watercolour portraits and 8 photographic prints of the Bettington family. Also includes a card with a wax seal of the Bettington family arms and an envelope addressed to “J. H. Bettington Esqr. ; Terragong ; Merriwa”, dated April 1919

DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS
1. MIN 607: Painted miniature on ivory in silver frame, possibly Susannah Brindley (1767-1799) or her sister Anne (1766-1838), probably 1790s.

2. MIN 608: Painted miniature on ivory in brass and blue glass frame of John Bettington (1770-1841) with cross-hatched decoration, possibly hair, and a brass letter B enclosed on verso, about 1795

3. MIN 609: Painted miniature on ivory in brass frame of Susannah Bettington (1767-1799) (daughter of James Brindley) with locks of hair enclosed on verso, about 1795

4. MIN 610: Painted miniature on ivory in brass frame of Ambrose Hallen (1801-1845), backed with purple velvet, probably 1830s

5. MIN 611: Painted miniature in brass frame of Annie Florence Blackwell (nee Langley) (1857-1923), half-sister of Caroline Sophia Hallen (1843-1923), probably 1860s

6. MIN 612: Painted miniature in alloy frame of Caroline Sophia Hallen (1843-1923), probably 1860s

7. MIN 613: Painted miniature in frame with design of leaves and grapes of Caroline Sophia Bettington (nee Hallen) (1843-1923) with portrait of her husband, James Brindley Bettington (1837-1915) on verso, probably 1890s-1910s

8. MIN 614: Painted miniature in black lacquered frame of Caroline Sophia Bettington (nee Hallen) (1843-1923) with design of birds in metal and seed pearls on verso, probably 1900s

9. MIN 615: Painted miniature in frame with design of vines and flowers of James Brindley Bettington (1837-1915), probably 1900s

PHOTOGRAPHS
10. MIN 616: Ambrotype in case of James Brindley Bettington (1837-1915) as a young boy, probably 1840s

11. MIN 617: Ambrotype of James Brindley Bettington (1796–1857) and Rebecca Lawson (1813-1882), without frame, about 1855

12. MIN 618: Ambrotype of Rebecca Lawson (1813-1882), without frame, about 1860

13. MIN 619: Silver locket containing photographic portraits of Caroline Sophia Bettington (1843-1923) and one of her sons, either James Brindley Bettington (1865-1893), or William John Henshall Bettington (1866-1940) or Charles Septimus Bettington (1882-1895) and locks of hair

14. MIN 620: Gold locket with inlaid portrait of Charles Septimus Bettington (1882-1895) and containing two photographic prints, probably of Albemarle Brindley Bettington (1868-1943), James Brindley Bettington (1865-1893) and William John Henshall Bettington (1866-1940), children of James Brindley Bettington (1837-1915) and Caroline Sophia Bettington (1844-1923)

Arranged by format and then in approximate chronological order by date.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Library acquisition file

Singleton Argus. 9 August 1923. Accessed 22 August 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80943590/7859058

Dates based on information from Library acquisition file, individual birth and death dates, and fashion depicted in portraits.