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Sir William Beechey (English, 1753-1839)
Portrait of Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, ca. 1838
Oil on canvas, 84 x 64 inches
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

This is an oil on canvas painting. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, an explorer and surveyor general of the British Colony of New South Wales in 1928, sits in a luxurious chair in his study holding a letter. A magnificient landscape is shown in the background.

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