State Library of South Australia

Portrait of Mary Burford [B 56296] • Artwork

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

Portrait of early colonist Mary Burford woman wearing a lace trimmed black dress and holding a feathered wooden fan; an oil painting, unframed, signature 'Carl Friström' and date 1894 in bottom left corner. According to a family researcher, the woman is Mary Burford (nee Richardson), born 1845 and died 1921. She was the wife of William Burford (see portrait B 56297) and mother of the artist Frederick Rumsey Burford.

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Electronic file
image
Digital photograph of artwork (oil on canvas, portrait); 130 cm x 89.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1892

Artist

Friström, Carl Magnus Oscar

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Burford, Mary, 1845-1921
Clothing and dress

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

Historical information

The artist Friström was born 16 January 1856 in Sturko, Sweden. Died on 26 June 1918 in Brisbane.

Digitisation information

Date

27/11/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,530 x 5,080 pixels (17.9 MP)

Size

53.83 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us