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Pencil portrait of Eliza Ann (Bessie) Buchanan, 27 May 1872 / Antoinette Hayden
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Title:
Pencil portrait of Eliza Ann (Bessie) Buchanan, 27 May 1872 / Antoinette Hayden
Creator:
Hayden, Antoinette, c1858-1940.
Date:
1872
Format:
1 drawing : pencil on paper ; 39.5 x 32.2 cm. .
Inscription:
Signed 'A. Hayden 27/5/72' lower right.
Subject:
portraits
necklaces
Buchanan, Eliza Ann (Bessie), 1843-1924.
Description:
This pencil portrait of Bessie Buchanan (1843-1924) was drawn by her friend Antoinette (Netta) Buchanan in May 1872. Bessie and her parents William and Elizabeth Buchanan were then living at St John's Terrace, Darlinghurst while Antointette Hayden lived across the road in the parsonage of St. John's Darlinghurst where her father, the Reverend Thomas Hayden, was the rector. He had been born in northern Ireland where his father was the Archdeacon of Londonderry. Bessie's mother Elizabeth Buchanan was also a native of Londonderry. It was the Reverend Thomas Hayden who officiated at the marriage of Bessie Buchanan and Edwin Stephen Rouse at St. John's in March 1874.
The portrait shows Bessie wearing both a cameo on a ribbon choker and a necklace of graduated jet links with pendant medallions depicting the Roman goddess Minerva, goddess of wisdom.
Provenance:
Ian and Miriam Hamilton.
Source:
Rouse Hill House & Farm ; HR84/8. The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust Collection
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the Historic Houses Trust to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
43324