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1946.3.23.9

Picture on talc, showing three men. The central figure is sitting with swatches of material before him. [LKG 27/11/2009]

1946.3.23.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Picture on talc, showing three men. The central figure is sitting with swatches of material before him. [LKG 27/11/2009]
Long description
Picture on talc, showing three men. The central figure is sitting with swatches of material before him. The man on the left of the image and the seated figure both wear white dress robes with red turbans. The standing figure holds a closed green parasol in his left hand. Behind the seated figure is an open green box, with the third man standing beside it with his right hand on the lid. This figure is wearing short white trousers and a white turban. The central figure is sitting with his swatches arranged about him on a rug. On the horizon line green bushes have been painted. Written in pencil beneath the image is 'Hawker.'
Person
Field collector Duncan MacPherson
PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1860
Date collected
By 1860
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Talc, Material Pigment, Material Paper Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Mica Stone, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width 150 mm page, Length 194 mm page
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.3.23.9
Research and responses

Mrs W.D. Sturrock undoubtedly refers to Mary Macpherson, wife of William Duncan Sturrock (1880 - 1942) See biographies database for further details [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Painting

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