• Title
  Port Jackson NSW distant view from above Rose Bay - on the South Head Road, 1847 / painted by G. E. Peacock
• Creator
  G. E. (George Edwards) Peacock, b. 1806
• Call number
  ML 238
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1847
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  421054
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on board - 14.3 x 19.4 cm. ; framed 24.3 x 29.2 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Looking down the Harbour towards Sydney from Vaucluse. Shark Island is visible in the foreground.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This view had been established as an important one for nearly fifty years. William Westall, George William Evans, John Eyre, Joseph Lycett and Conrad Martens had all painted it.
  Reference: George Edwards Peacock exhibition catalogue. State Library of New South Wales, 2002
  Oil painting and frame conserved with the generous support of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, 2001-2002.
  Digital order no:a128042
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled on label on reverse, in Peacock's hand, and signed: "G.E. Peacock 1847"
• Topic
  bays
  colonial art
  harbours
  islands
  landscapes (views)
  
• Place
  Port Jackson (N.S.W.)
  Shark Island (Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.)
  Vaucluse (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  George Edwards Peacock - State Library of New South Wales (13 May - 1 August, 2002)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3202063

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