Title:
Charles Lewis, son of Richard Lewis / Bock.
Author/Creator:
Production:
[Tasmania] : Bock, [1853?]
Physical description:
1 drawing : charcoal, pencil, watercolour and China white on buff coloured paper laid on canvas and stretcher ; 300 x 363 mm (within frame) ; 543 x 477 x 40 mm (frame).
Medium:
paper; charcoal; pencil; watercolour
Series:
Format:
picture
image (online)
Provenance:
From the collections of the Lewis Family.
Accession number:
FA1349
Notes:
Title from label on verso.
Signed on lower right: 'Bock' ; undated. Framed in original moulded Huon pine frame.
Inscribed labels attached to verso with incorrect birth date: 'Charles Benjamin Lewis, 1829-1853' ; 'Charles Lewis, son of Richard Lewis'.
Exhibited: ’91 Stories’, 9 August – 7 November, 2021.
History note:
A head and shoulders portrait of Charles Benjamin Lewis, facing front. Charles Benjamin Lewis was the youngest son of Richard and Isabella Lewis. He married Mary Ellen Allison in March 1853, aged 23, died November 1853, aged 24. Letters of administration were granted in 1854. His father, Richard Lewis, was 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 scratches, cracks and dents to frame especially top centre right inside edge. Minor scratches, abrasion and stain (centre right) to slip. Early glass with natural imperfections. Mould-like accretions on glass. Abrasion and significant retouching of media. Previous treatment to repair major tears down the right side and diagonally across the bottom right quarter. Also the top left quarter and across the face bottom left corner. All tears retouched with colour. Some staining around the tears and retouching.
Form of work:
Drawing
Citation:
Digitised item from: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.
Record ID:
SD_ILS:1252918
Electronic resources:
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