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			Title		[William Lawson, ca. 1840's - watercolour on ivory miniature]
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		ca. 1840's
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		MIN 63
			Issue Copy		Digitised :
			Physical Description		Drawings : 1 watercolour drawing on ivory miniature, stored in oval shaped gold frame with glass front and glass back, and loop at centre top for hanging ; 5.1 x 4.1 cm. (image, sight) ; 5.6 x 4.7 cm. (frame) ; 1.3 cm. (loop)


					Access only by appointment with Pictures staff
			Copying Conditions		Out of copyright Please acknowledge: - Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
			General Note		The work is not signed, titled, or dated. Date derived from approximate age of sitter. Accompanying the portrait is a non-contemporaneous bakelite rectangular label with black print, "Lieut. Wm. Lawson / 1774-1850. / Who, with Blaxland, made the first / crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813."
			Name		Lawson, William, 1774-1850
			Topic		explorers miniatures picture frames
			Exhibited in		Colonial Governors The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 Crossing the Blue Mountains
			Digital order no.		a928098