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032-003282866 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. WD3403-3406

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3403-3406
Title:
SKELTON COLLECTION Miniatures of members of the Skelton family in various media. --------------------- WD3403-3406 Deposited on permanent loan by Mis ...
Scope & Content:
SKELTON COLLECTION Miniatures of members of the Skelton family in various media. --------------------- WD3403-3406 Deposited on permanent loan by Miss P.M. Powell, 1974.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1841
Extent:
4 items

2. WD3405

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3405
Title:
Head and shoulders silhouette of Philip Skelton (1779-c.1821)
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders silhouette of Philip Skelton (1779-c.1821). Inscribed on reverse: ‘Corriy (?) August 8th 1814. P. Skelton’. Oval; 11 by 8.8 cm. Note: Philip Skelton, brother of John Skelton, was a merchant in Batavia.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD3403

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3403
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant-General John Skelton (1764-1841) in uniform
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant-General John Skelton (1764-1841) in uniform, c.1815. Gouache on ivory; 10 by 8 cm. Note: John Skelton, Bombay Infantry. He was appointed Governor of St. Helena from April 1813 to May 1816 during the early years of Napoleon’s exile to the island.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD3406

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3406
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of Eleanor Sarah Skelton, née Gresham, wearing a white silk dress, against a draped yellow curtain and distant mountains
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of Eleanor Sarah Skelton, ‘née’ Gresham, wearing a white silk dress, against a draped yellow curtain and distant mountains. Trimmed oval, water-colour; 11 by 9.5 cm. Note: A late copy of a miniature then in the possession of the family. Eleanor Gresham of Barnby Dun...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD3404

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3404
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Moore Cassmajor Skelton, née Pittman, wearing a blue dress and ruched collar. Artist(s): Treparelli (fl. 1812), after
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Moore Cassmajor Skelton, ‘née’ Pittman, wearing a blue dress and ruched collar. Inscribed on label on reverse: ‘Mary Moore Cassmajor Skelton born 1775 died 1865. From miniature Treparelli Fecit. 1812. Boulogne-sur-Mer’. Water-colour; 10 by 8 cm. Note: A lat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 Item