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Title
[Sydney Cove looking to the west, ca. 1800]
Call number
ML 443
Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, North Wall, no. 59
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1800
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Paintings
Reference code
404702
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
1 painting - oil - 60 x 137 cm, inside frame 75 x 151.5 cm
Scope and Content
Another one of the first oil paintings depicting Sydney town from what is now East Circular Quay. Notable buildings are First Government House on the far left, the tall white tower of the first St. Phillip's Church, the base of the unfinished Military Windmill, and Dawes Battery with the British flag flying at the far right.
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

Artist unknown.
Digital order no:Album ID : 866946
Topic
colonial art
city & town views
Place
Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
Exhibited in

The Picture Gallery 1 - State Library of New South Wales (15 February - 15 November, 1999)
Australian Colonial Art - State Library of New South Wales (July, 2000 - November, 2000)
Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales
Harbour Views - State Library of New South Wales (March, 2014 - October, 2014)
Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
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