• Title
  [Captain John Piper, ca. 1815 - watercolour on ivory miniature]
• Call number
  MIN 75
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1815
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431425
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in black japanned wooden rectangular frame, with oval glass front edged in brass, no backing, and floral brass decoration at top centre with loop attached for hanging. The drawing is held in place with triangular shaped metal pins. - 8.5 x 6.8 cm. inside frame (sight) - 15.3 x 13 cm. frame, 1.8 loop
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Piper, military officer and public servant, was born in 1773 in Scotland. He arrived in Sydney in 1792 to serve as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps before transferring to Norfolk Island (1793-1795). In 1795 John Piper returned to the mainland being promoted to lieutenant and was appointed Captain in 1800. Piper served a second term on Norfolk Island from 1804-1810. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967
• Scope and Content
  Captain Piper wears a red double-breasted military coat and a high collared shirt.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  The inscription on the frame is worn and faded.
  Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "Capt. John Piper / 1773-1851"
  
  A note on the provenance and possible identity of the artist is filed at PXn 6.
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002
  Digital order no:a128921
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Printed on frame below painting, "Captain John Piper Commandant / of His Majesty's Settlement / Norfolk Island in the South / Pacific Ocean For Six Years"
• Name
  Piper, John, 1773-1851
  
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  armed forces
  miniatures
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (January - March 2004)

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