View of the brewery of James Squire at Kissing Point on the Parramatta River, established in 1795 / watercolour by Edgar A. Holloway after Joseph Lycett, 1824

V1A/Ryde/1

fonds

ca.1939

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

448373

1 watercolour - visible image 26.1 x 41.2 cm. inside mount 43.1 x 55.7 cm.

Based on pl.8 in Lycett's Views in Australia, London, 1824, entitled "Kissing Point, New South Wales. The property of the late Mr. James Squires", an aquatint after a lost work painted by Lycett in 1822 before leaving the colony. Reference: First views of Australia 1788-1825 : a history of early Sydney / Tim McCormick ... [et al.] ; foreword by Bernard Smith. Chippendale, N.S.W. : David Ell Press in association with Longueville Publications, 1987

"Mangrovite Calendar 1939-40" -- lettered in ink with grey shadow on mount above image
"The above is a painting by Edgar A. Holloway of the first brewery built in Australia in 1795 by James Squires at Kissing Point on the Parramatta River. The original was painted by J. Lycett in 1824 and was one of a series of subjects depicting the progress of New South Wales at that time." -- inscribed in ink on mount below image
"Edgar A. Holloway, After J. Lycett" -- signed in ink in picture at lower right