IMAGE
Richmond, George 1809-1896 :George Augustus Selwyn, D. D., Lord Bishop of New Zealand. Engraved by Samuel Cousins; painted by George Richmond. [London?] Rev. Edward Coleridge, 1842
- Date
- 1841 - 1842
- By
- Richmond, George, 1809-1896; Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887; Coleridge, Edward (Rev), 1800-1883
- Reference
- G-588
- Description
Three-quarters standing portrait of Selwyn, dressed in a frock-coat, a desk to his right and a book in his right hand. There is a balustrade and a wooded English landscape background behind him.
Used as the frontispiece to two Selwyn biographies. The Rev. Tucker's biography includes this portrait with the signature: Yours very faithfully, G. A. New Zealand, Richmond, 8 Dec 1841. The other has no inscription.
Based on an oil painted in 1841, held at Selwyn College, Cambridge. A copy of this oil was reproduced in New Zealand's Heritage, Part 15, p.412.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) framed.
Physical Description: Engraving 545 x 380 mm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: There is also a file print of a waterstained version
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s) framed, Works of art, Engravings, Portraits, Engraving 545 x 380 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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