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An image of W.C. Wentworth, Sydney by Thomas Woolner

Thomas Woolner

(United Kingdom, Australia 1825–1892)

Title
W.C. Wentworth, Sydney
Year
1854
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
bronze medallion
Dimensions

22.9cm diam.

Signature & date
Signed and dated lower c., incised "T. Woolner. Sc 1854".
Credit
Purchased 1897
Accession number
1203
Location
19th c Australian art
Further information

The subject of this bronze portrait medallion is William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872).

Bibliography (2)

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 18, 19 (colour illus.), 88. cat.no. 95

Patricia McDonald (Curator), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), The artist and the patron - aspects of Colonial art in New South Wales, Sydney, 1988, 46 (illus.), 48.

Exhibition history (2)

The artist and the patron: Aspects of colonial art in New South Wales., Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Mar 1988–01 May 1988.

Presence and absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 22 Aug 2003–16 Nov 2003.