Title:
Portrait of Isabella Lewis (nee McKellar), 1798-1883 / T Bock.
Author/Creator:
Production:
[Tasmania] : T Bock, 1851.
Physical description:
1 drawing : pencil, charcoal, watercolour and China white on paper ; 365 x 305 mm (within frame) ; 545 x 485 x 35 mm (frame).
Medium:
paper; pencil; charcoal; watercolour
Series:
Format:
picture
image (online)
Provenance:
From the collections of the Lewis family.
Accession number:
FA1357
Notes:
Title assigned by Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts.
Signed and dated lower right, 'T Bock 1851'
Huon pine veneer frame, typical of work of Robin V. Hood.
Labels on verso: 'Mrs. Richard Lewis' ; 'Isabella Lewis (nee McKellar), wife of Richard Lewis 1798-1883.'
History note:
A head and shoulders portrait of Isabella Lewis, facing front. Isabella Lewis was born in New South Wales in 1798, the daughter of Captain Neil MacKellar of the New South Wales Corps and Sarah Cooley. She arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1816, on the occasion of her marriage to Richard Lewis, an auctioneer and merchant who arrived in Hobart Town in 1815. Richard Lewis founded a commercial and shipping business later known as R. Lewis & Sons.
Condition:
Condition: Minor dents and scratches on frame. Dirt and some stains on slip. Early glass scratched. Slight bowing towards font. Minor stains, foxing and brown discolouration bottom left edge.
Form of work:
Drawing
Alternate Title:
Title from label on verso: Mrs. Richard Lewis
Title from label on verso: Isabella Lewis (nee McKellar), wife of Richard Lewis, 1798-1883
Citation:
Digitised item from: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.
Other Authors/Creators:
Record ID:
SD_ILS:1247405
Electronic resources:
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