Collection Item
Thomas Chapman & Master Robert Cooper Tertius 1840
This beautifully executed portrait by Maurice Felton, the largest of all his surviving works, is a statement of class and wealth. The scale of the work would have made it an expensive commission, and would have required a room suitably large for its display.
Thomas Chapman was a Sydney textile merchant — which is indicated by the length of red cloth draped over his knee. He is seen here with his nephew-by-marriage Robert Cooper, aged 10. After Chapman’s wife died, he married his widowed sister-in-law, and became stepfather to his nephew Robert.
Collection Item Type:
Oil on canvas
Call Number:
ML 663
Published date:
1840
On display:
Exhibition Galleries
Copyright Information:
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Display Location:
Exhibition Galleries
Historical Dates
Started
Wednesday, 1 January 1840
Finished
Thursday, 31 December 1840