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Australia / Re: Travelling artist 1840s/1850s NSW
« on: Friday 05 May 23 02:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Cedric Wirth - Portrait of a Child,
Was it either of these two pictures?
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Australia / Re: Travelling artist 1840s/1850s NSW
« on: Friday 05 May 23 02:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I came across this:
This is a pair of portraits of a man and woman dressed in white. They are likely husband and wife, based on their similar outfits and the fact that they are facing inward towards each other. The depiction of the pair in white suggests that these portraits would have likely been used for ancestral veneration, with white being a mourning colour. These portraits are signed “Cedric Wirth F.A.A” suggesting that they were the work of a small group of itinerant European artists that would visit Southeast Asia to paint members of wealthy Dutch colonial and Chinese households. For Chinese Peranakans, ancestral portraits do not just seek to commemorate a death but serves the function of extending the presence of the deceased beyond death.

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Australia / Re: Travelling artist 1840s/1850s NSW
« on: Wednesday 26 April 23 23:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi Katherine,
My Grandfather's sister Jane, who was known as Janet, married Louis Wilhelm Karl Wirth (1858-1950), he was one of the founder members of the Queensland School of Art.
I would be interested in seeing the picture you mention.
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi Brigidmac,
Thanks for the update.
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi Brigidmac,
I do not have any document, I will ask my French relative what he has? Thanks for the documents.
I am after information on Pierre Walker only have a marriage date and possible death date of 1874
I need to get into French documents to search.
Mathilde, yes that struck me too, why the Delattre surname when he is probably not your father? What was her mother doing in Egypt is also asked?
No art site lists death information for Mathilde.
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi Brigidmac,
Just a little stuck on Mathilde Henriette Delattre 1871-1950, what was her mother doing in Egypt in 1871, who was her father, is the Arthur Rimbaud connection?
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi Brigidmac,
I have 3 daughters born in Cheltenham:
Clémentine Elisa Casajeus Crillon born 1806 Died 27 Nov 1874 Paris
Emilie Casajeus Crillon born 1810 Died 2 Nov 1877 where?
Louise Marthe Casajeus Crillon born 1810 Died 20 May 1893 Paris
Twins?
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi All,
Thanks for the updates and new information.
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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Hi,
I am trying to discover more about their family.
I have two daughters:
Ann Dobson born 1790 Yorkshire, England Died 15 Aug 1864 Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
married
Clément Jean Casajeus Crillon born? Died 5 Feb 1842 Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
one known child
Alexandre Pierre Clément Casajeus Crillon born 30 Sep 1823 Paris, Ile-de-France, France Died
6 Feb 1890 Monaco he was a photographer
other children?
Elizabeth Dobson Born 1800 Kingston upon Hull Died 30 Apr 1873 King Street, Cottingham East Yorkshire
married
George Gossip Born 1798 Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England Died 2 June 1866 Cottingham, East Yorkshire, England.
Did Thomas and Elizabeth have any other children?
French Branch is of interest, Why did Ann marry a Frenchman?
Any help would be most welcome and I thank you in advance.
Kind Regards
Paul Williams

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