• Title
  Sydney from the North Shore, 1845 / painted by G. E. Peacock
• Creator
  G. E. (George Edwards) Peacock, b. 1806
• Call number
  DG 313
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1845
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  421100
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas - 24.5 x 32 cm (sight) in frame 38.5 x 45.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Standing at the head of Lavender Bay and looking back into Sydney - was a well established view for colonial artists as it took in the expanse of Sydney Cove from Woolloomooloo at the left to Darling Harbour at the right. In the foreground on McMahon's Point can be seen Brenchley, the residence of H. H. Browne who was the Registrar at the Court of Requests, and a leading Sydney citizen.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Both Conrad Martens and J. S. Prout had published lithographs of a similar view a couple of years before Peacock.
  Reference: George Edwards Peacock exhibition catalogue / State Library of New South Wales, 2002
  Digital order no:a128053
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  bays
  colonial art
  landscapes (views)
  city & town views
  
• Place
  Lavender Bay (N.S.W.)
  McMahons Point (N.S.W.)
  Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  George Edwards Peacock - State Library of New South Wales (13 May - 1 August, 2002)

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