Era: 1790 - 1830 Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library NSW Theme:Convicts Exploration Government Macquarie Military Settlement
Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie miniature portraits, 1810. Courtesy State Library of
Era: 1790 - 1830 Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library NSW Theme:Convicts Exploration Government Macquarie Military Settlement
Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie miniature portraits, 1810. Courtesy State Library of New South Wales
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Miniature Portraits.
Watercolours of Gov Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie on an ivory miniature c.1810. Rectangular black wooden frame with oval shaped glass and painted gold edge in centre, backed in black “American” paper, and a triangular metal loop with black ribbon attached to centre top of frame for hanging. Macquarie in this portrait wears a dress uniform that comprises a military jacket of red face cloth and a blue-black stand collar, gold epaulettes, and regimental brass buttons. Elizabeth Macquarie in this portrait wears an Elizabethan revival style dress with a ruff collar made of fine white cotton that is tucked into the back of the black coloured dress, gold braid trim or armbands at the base of puffed sleeve