• Title
  Coasters off North Head [Sydney] / watercolour by Frederick Garling
• Creator
  Frederick Garling, 1806-1873
• Call number
  V/60
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1855-60
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  402288
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour - 28.2 x 44.5 cm. Tipped onto the (original?) backing board/mount which has a pencil ruled border and title inscription (partially destroyed) beneath the image: 'Coasters Off Sydney Heads'. The border and inscription are almost certainly in the hand of the artist
  
• Scope and Content
  These small craft are under North Head at the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Macquarie Lighthouse can be seen sitting atop of South Head at the left, while Hornby Lighthouse is visible in the middle of the image.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a128210
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Title inscribed in pencil on reverse of backing board [framer's note?]
• Topic
  coastal sailing ships
  
• Place
  North Head (Port Jackson, N.S.W.)
  Sydney Heads (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Frederick Garling exhibition - State Library of New South Wales (5 May - 10 August, 2003)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3141553

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