• Title
  [Lachlan Macquarie, ca. 1819 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 236
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1819
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  432071
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in rectangular japanned wooden frame, black in colour with raised gold coloured inner edge decorated leaf pattern, rectangular glass front, and a metal clasp shaped like a leaf with two metal loops at centre top of frame to assist with hanging. - 8.3 x 6.9 cm. portrait, inside frame (sight) - 15 x 13.3 cm. (frame)
  
• Scope and Content
  The male in this portrait wears a dress uniform that comprises a military jacket of red face cloth and a blue-black stand collar, gold epaulettes, and regimental brass buttons.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This portrait, along with miniatures of Elizabeth Macquaire (MIN 237) and Lachlan Macquarie Junior (MIN 238), were gifts to Captain John Cliffe Watts of the 46th Regiment from Lachlan Macquarie.
  
  A note about the provenance of this miniature is located at PXn 52.
  
  The portrait is very similar in style and dress to a miniature of Lachlan Macquarie located at MIN 71.
  
  The frame is similar to one used for a miniature of Elizabeth Macquarie (MIN 237).
  
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
  Digital order no:a128650
• Name
  Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Governors
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  uniforms
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (October - December 2004)
  The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (July 2010 - October 2010)
  Treasures of Newcastle from the Macquarie Era - Newcastle Region Art Gallery (February, 2013 - May, 2013)

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