Title:
Oil portrait of Richard Lewis Esq., 1789-1867.
Author/Creator:
Production:
[Tasmania] : [Thomas Bock], [1835?]
Physical description:
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 745 x 620 mm (within frame) ; 980 x 860 x 105 mm (frame).
Medium:
canvas oil paint
Series:
Format:
picture
image (online)
Provenance:
From the collections of the Lewis Family.
Accession number:
FA1355
Notes:
Title assigned by Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts.
Unsigned and undated. Attributed to Thomas Bock.
Original shaped and moulded figure Huon pine veneer frame, typical of work of Robin V. Hood.
TMAG gallery loan label attached to verso.
History note:
A head and shoulders portrait of Richard Lewis, facing front. Richard Lewis was an auctioneer and merchant who arrived in Hobart Town in 1815. He founded a commercial and shipping business later known as R. Lewis & Sons.
Condition:
Condition: Support: tension strength good; surface plane - slight stretcher bar distortion. Paint: concentric craqueleure impact cracks upper left; repaired damage left of sitter's head; minor losses of paint around edges especially bottom left corner. Surface: varnish semi-gloss except glossy around repair; matt streak on sitter's cheek (proper left) - unvarnished area. Frame: rigidity good; cracks top left. Slip: gold painted - minor chips in slip.
Form of work:
Oil painting
Citation:
Digitised item from: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.
Record ID:
SD_ILS:1253086
Electronic resources:
View online