IMAGE
Artist unknown :Colonel Grey [ca 1800]. From a portrait in the possession of the Hon. Seymour Thorne-George, Auckland. [1907].
- Date
- 1790 - 1907 - 1810
- Reference
- A-105-009
- Description
Head and shoulders portrait of the father of Sir George Grey in military uniform.
From George C Henderson's "Sir George Grey ..." 1907, opp page 18. ATL book copy at NZ&P 920 GRE HEN.
Extended Title - From George C Henderson's "Sir George Grey, pioneer of Empire in southern lands". London, J M Dent; New York, E P Dutton, 1907, opposite page 18.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Father of Sir George Grey [in ink]
Colonel Grey died in action in 1812, shortly before Sir George Grey was born. The portrait shows him as a young man, and so could predate 1812 by up to about 30 years, or by as little as a year.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Sepia photogravure, 117 x 95 mm (oval), within rectangular platemark 145 x 110 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Photogravures, Portraits, Sepia photogravure, 117 x 95 mm (oval), within rectangular platemark 145 x 110 mm., Orientation: Oval image, vertical
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