• Title
  Sundial for A.W. Scott's Ash Island residence / engraved by R. Clint
• Creator
  Raphael Clint, 1797-1849
• Call number
  R 150
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 13
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1834-1847
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  442778
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 brass sundial, comprising horizontal plate, square in shape, marked out with hour lines and plain gnomon (shadow caster) fastened at centre with two bolts visible on underside of plate. - H 7.5 x L 18.1 x W 17.7
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  A.W. (Alexander Walker) Scott, entomologist, obtained a land grant at Ash Island in the Hunter River in 1829. In 1831 A.W. Scott settled there with his mother and sister, eventually moving to Newcastle in 1837 to supervise the building of an iron-foundry. The Ash Island property became Scott's primary residence after his marriage to Harriet Calcott in Dec. 1846.
  
  Reference:
  Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.6, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1976
  
  Raphael Clint, born in Hereford, was an engraver, lithographer, printer and surveyor. In 1835 Clint moved his successful engraving practice from Hunter Street to King Street, Sydney, where charts, maps, and plans of Australia and New Zealand were issued. As a result of economic depression in the early 1840's, Clint's business moved several times before re-establishing in Hunter Street for a brief period from 1842 to 1843. From 1843 Clint worked from his residence in George Street, then at various locations until his insolvency in 1847.
  
  Reference:
  Dictionary of Australian Artists / by Joan Kerr. Melb, Vic : Oxford University Press, 1992.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This type of sundial is found commonly on pedestals in gardens.
  Clint's Hunter Street business of 1842-1843 advertised lithographic printing, seal engraving, and copper-plate engraving and printing.
  The date of the sundial is derived from the years of Clint's Sydney practice and A.W. Scott's periods of occupancy at Ash Island (1835-1847).
  Digital order no:Album ID : 954331
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Engraved at centre lower edge of plate, "A.W. Scott / Ash Island / Latitude, 32 [degree symbol] 52 ' S."
  Signature engraved at lower left, "P. Clint, Fecit."
  Roman numerals are engraved around the outside of the plate.
• Name
  Scott, A. W. (Alexander Walker), 1800-1883
  
• Topic
  clocks
  outdoor ornaments & furniture
  sundials
  
• Place
  Ash Island (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1134644

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