• Title
  Custom House and Circular Quay, 1845 / painted by G. E. Peacock
• Creator
  G. E. (George Edwards) Peacock, b. 1806
• Call number
  DG 35
  Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, East Wall, no. 96
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1845
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  421083
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on board - ca. 21 x 28.5 cm. inside mount, framed
  
• Scope and Content
  Peacock depicts the rear of the building, and has enlivened the scene with the addition of picturesque detail of townsfolk going about their daily business, including some Aboriginal people.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  To cope with the growing demands of the Customs Office, pressed by the expansion of maritime trade to the colony, Mortimer Lewis designed this Greek-revival style building which was completed in 1845.
  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:a128105
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled, signed & dated on label -- on reverse
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  horsedrawn carts
  colonial art
  customs houses
  ships
  jetties & wharves
  
• Place
  Circular Quay (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Customs House (Alfred Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  George Edwards Peacock - State Library of New South Wales (13 May - 1 August, 2002)
  Dockside : Sydney's working harbour, 1840-1875 - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2008 - August, 2008)
  Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9482823

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