Identity area
Reference code
AU AU-MTC 246-1
Title
Portrait of Bishop Frederic Barker
Date(s)
- 1877 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Oil on canvas
Context area
Name of creator
(1809-1896)
Biographical history
George Richmond RA was an English artist best known for his portraits of British nobility and royalty.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to Moore College by Archbishop H.W.K. Mowll in 1955 (Societas 1956).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copy of the head and shoulders portrait of Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney, painted in 1877 when Barker travelled to England to secure the appointment of the Bishop of North Queensland.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Handle with care.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright expired
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
The portrait is unsigned. It is identified as being a copy of the portrait painted by George Richmond, in King, G.A. 'Bishops of Sydney, No. 2', The Anglican Historical Society, Diocese of Sydney Journal, Vol. 63, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 18-19. Donation information from Societas, 1956, p. 16.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Barker, Frederic (Subject)
- Mowll, Howard West Kilvinton (Subject)