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  • Other Name

    framed silhouette portrait of Mrs Robert Wakeford (Rebecca) (descriptive name)

  • Description

    silhouette in composition frame

    silhouette portrait of Mrs Robert Wakeford (Rebecca) the donor's grandmother who died 1851. The silhouette is believed to date from circa 1825 and the frame from circa 1860

    black painted silhouette portrait on paper; adhered to paper frame with pieces of sticky tape reading: HARRISON AND SONS; handwritten on back of picture in pencil: Mrs Robert Wakeford / (Rebecca) / My Mother / died at [illegible] / 1851; handwritten faintly in pencil at bottom: Mrs R. Wakefield / [illegible]

    frame: dark brown with moulded floral design; metal panel at reverse with stand

    behind panel is a photograph of a person, with the torso cut out; photograph signed: Tornquist / AUCKLAND

  • Place
    [England]
  • Associated Place

    England

  • Accession Number
    1983.79
  • Accession Date
    31 May 1983
  • Other Id

    col.3232 (colonial)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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  • picture, col.3232, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • picture, col.3232, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • picture, col.3232, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • picture, col.3232, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • picture, col.3232, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 15 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • "silhouette in composition frame" [col.3232]

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