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			Title		[Captain Eber Bunker, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait]
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		ca. 1810 (dated by costume)
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		MIN 58
			Physical Description		Objects : 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in gold frame with glass front, gold casing on reverse, knotted rope-like design around outside of frame, and a loop for hanging at centre top of frame. Brown coloured human hair, plaited into a chain with five clasps or joins accompanies the frame. ; 6.9 x 5.4 cm., portrait, inside frame (sight) - 7.4 x 6 cm., frame, 88.5 cm. chain
			Administrative / Biographical Note		Eber Bunker was a master mariner and landholder who has been credited with being the "father of Australian whaling". In 1791 he visited New South Wales as master of the "William and Ann", accompanied the "Lady Nelson" in the "Albion" to establish the Derwent settlement in 1803. Bunker brought his family to the Colony in the "Elizabeth" in August 1806 and became a landholder at Bulanaming, Bankstown and the Hunter Valley. -- Reference: Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825, State Records New South Wales, Online Jan. 2004
			Contents		The male in this portrait wears a white waistcoat and white linen ruffled shirt each with stand collars, a white stock at neckline, and a navy blue wool double-breasted jacket with brass buttons.
			Source		Presented by Miss Sophia J. Cartwright. This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.


					Access only by appointment with Pictures staff
			Signatures / Inscriptions		Engraved on reverse of frame, "Captain Eber Bunker / 1760-1836 / The first of the Whalers / Arrived New South Wales 1791. / Presented by / his great granddaughter / Sophia J. Cartwright / to The Mitchell Library"
			General Note		It is difficult to ascertain whether the chain made of hair is contemporary with the frame. Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "Capt. Eber Bunker. Presented by Miss S.J. Cartwright"
			Name		Bunker, Eber, 1761-1836
			Topic		hair (people) miniatures picture frames portraits
			Persons		Adult Males
			Exhibited in		Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - Oct. - Dec. 2004
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 825688