Painting, Untitled (Portrait of Edward Henty), c. 1860

Physical description

Portrait of a man against a dark background (green-brown and black). He is wearing formal attire: a black suit, black waistcoat, a white shirt with small brass (?) buttons and a narrow black cravat. His hair is dark blond and parted on the left. His sideburns are of a more reddish shade and reach to his jawline. Only upper torso visible.
Original frame: ornate gold-painted wooden frame.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: (no inscriptions)
Back: Framers label - (Isaac Whitehead Collins St Melbourne)
Conservation Centre, Melbourne label.

Mounting & framing

Original frame: ornate gold-painted wooden frame.

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