• Title
  [Emu Hall, Penrith], 1866 / painted by Joseph Fowles
• Creator
  Joseph Fowles, 1810-1878
• Call number
  ML 1009
  Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 17
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1866
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  442017
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas, plantation timber frame with gilt front, glass fronted - 34 x 51 cm. incl. frame
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955.
• General note
  
  Untitled. Titled from information provided by the former owner, a descendant of JT Ryan who built Emu Hall, c.1850s
  Further notes on Emu Hall are filed at PXn 763
  Reframed 2001-2
  Illegible inscription on back of stretcher, upper centre
  The foreground figures appear to have been added over a dry layer of paint; the mounted figures resemble J.Fowles, Robert Fitzgerald and Lucy Fitzgerald, 1864. Cf. copies at P1/F
  The original was loaned for copying by Penny Sharp, 1990, prior to acquisition by the Library.
  Emu Hall was a substantial residence built between 1845-54 by James Tobias Ryan (1818-99) on the banks of the Nepean River. Ryan was a successful businessman and grazier. He represented the Nepean district in the Legislative Assembly for 14 years. A company he managed built the bridge which can be seen in the background of the painting. Source: ML Curator of Pictures, 1990
  Digital order no:a128971
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  J. Fowles / 1866 -- painted at lower left
• Subject
  Adult Males
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  bridges
  colonial art
  cows
  drays
  horseriding
  horses
  houses
  picket fences
  
• Place
  Penrith (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Pride of place - State Library of New South Wales (27 September - 29 November, 2004)
  Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )

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