• Title
  View of Sydney, N.S.W., 1855 / drawn from nature by Conrad Martens, on stone by T. Pickens
• Creator
  Thomas Picken, active 1853-1878.
• Call number
  V*/Sp Coll/Martens/40
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1855
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  457204
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Prints - 1 lithograph (copy) - 32 x 53 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Martens print shows a view of Sydney taken from Robertsons Point later named Cremorne Point. “ Pinchgut (later Fort Denison) is on the left with a flattened top, the result of Col. Barney’s first attempts to build a fortification about 1840. It remained in this state with no work proceeding until 1855 then construction of the Martello tower structure began. Hence Martens view shows several elements o the Sydney landscape where changes were soon to occur” (Kerr-Fort Denison) -- Conrad Martens: life and Art / Elizabeth Ellis, Sydney : State Library of NSW Press, 1994’
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  “Martens first indication of his second separately issued lithographic print was an entry in the Account book for 31 May 1854: view of Sydney from Rober[t]sons Point in pencil with two tints for engraving, Mader £10.10.0. He painted an oil from the same location for his mother-in-law in April 1853. Unlike the 1843 print where Martens owned copies, The 1855 print was a business partnership with funds put up by Frederick Mader, Sydney bookseller, print dealer and publisher and Stuart Donaldson, merchant and politician” -- Conrad Martens: life and Art / Elizabeth Ellis, Sydney : State Library of NSW Press, 1994’, p.50-55.
  
  Although published in Sydney, the printing of Martens second lithograph was undertaken in London by Day&Son. His brother Henry was responsible for all the arrangements, including the selection of draughtsman and printer. The view looks across the Harbour from Cremorne Point” – Painted Panorama, Sydney : Blaxland City Gallery, 1985, p.67.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  `Day&Son, Lith to the Queen’ -- right corner beneath image
  `Published by F.Mader, Sydney May 1855'
  `Day & Son, Lith to The Queen'
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Day and Son
  Mader, F. (Frederick)
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  buildings, structures & establishments
  harbours
  panoramic views
  ships
  
• Place
  Fort Macquarie (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Cremorne Point (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Journeys through Landscapes - Conrad Martens Life & Art - State Library of New South Wales (21 November, 1994 - 3 July, 1995)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8815300

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