Captain Robertson's Painting and Silver Cup
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An original painting of Captain James Robertson and a silver presentaton cup: the oil painting (100 x 88 cm) is believed to depict Captain James Robertson, with a brass sextant and a three-mast ship, the barque 'Wallace' in distress, to his right. Robertson had been Captain of the Wallace when, inward bound for Hobart from Leith in Scotland, the ship struck a reef two miles south of Actaeon Island (now known as Sterile Island) off Bruny Island on 25th August 1835. All hands were saved but the ship later broke up in a gale. The late Georgian sterling silver cup is engraved: to Captn. James Robertson from Doctor Nisbet R.N., Henry R. Constable Esqr and Mr & Mrs Thos. Barker, in testimony of their high admiration of his conduct as Commander of the ship Isabella on a voyage from china to Leith in the year 1838. (Barnard, London, 1837). 19.5 cm high, 12.5 cm wide. Sir Alexander Nisbet (1796-1874) was a Scottish naval surgeon notable for his role in early convict transports to Australia. Thomas Barker (1799-1875) arrived in New South Wales in 1813 following the deaths of both his parents. His gift of £1000 for a mathematics scholarship was the first direct benefaction to the University of Sydney. The painting and the cup are accompanied by a folio of research material.
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- Georgian - As an English stylistic period, Georgian is usually taken to cover the period from George I (1714) to the Regency of Prince George (1811-20), although the period from 1800 to 1830 is sometimes designated as the Regency period. During the Georgian period the great English cabinetmakers and designers such as Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam Sheraton etc., were all active.
Therefore there isn't a single 'Georgian style' as such and to say something is 'Georgian', usually means it was made between 1714 and 1830. This assumes we discount George V and George VI, both being from the 20th century.
The styles popular at the time of each reign were:
George I (1714-1727) saw out the last years of the Baroque period.
George II (1727-1760) reigned during the Rococo period.
George III (1760-1820) saw the last gasp of the Rococo, all of the early Neo-Classic 'Adam style' and most of the later neo-Classic 'Regency style'.
George IV (Prince Regent 1820-1830)encompassed the last of the 'Regency' style.
William IV's reign (1830-1837) was something of a no man's land (stylistically) and he wasn't a 'George' anyway. He covered the last glimmerings of 'Regency' and the start of the 'Victorian' style. - Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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- oil paintings 3,378