• Title
  Parramatta River, 1826 / watercolour by John Hughes
• Creator
  John Sympson Hughes
• Call number
  ML 1231
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1826 (Dated on reverse of drawing)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  413592
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - lined onto secondary paper support - 27.2 x 42 cm
  
• 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
  
  John Sympson Hughes was a lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment. He arrived in Sydney in April 1825 (Sydney Gazette 28 April 1825 p.2). He was still in Sydney in January 1827 when he took a sketch of Elizabeth Bay, now in a private collection.
  This watercolour shows the original cottage at Vineyard before it Hannibal Macarthur re-built it in 1836.
  Digital order no:a128009
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscribed on reverse of drawing "John S Hughes / July 12th 1826"
  In another, later hand, "Parramatta River / Vineyard original cottage. the birthplace of the family of H.H. McArthur Esqr / from 1812 to 1832"
• Topic
  river banks
  rivers
  
• Place
  Parramatta River (N.S.W.)--Pictorial works.
  Vineyard (Rydalmere, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Memory of Trees - Parramatta Heritage Centre
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19464274

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