826215
- TitlePort Macquarie ca. 1840 / Joseph Backler
- Creator
- Call numberML 354
Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 192 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1840 - Type of material
- Reference code826215
- Physical Description1 painting - oil - 25 1/2 x 37 1/2 in., framed 34 x 45 1/2 in.
- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Old wooden gilt label on frame reads 'Port Macquarie'. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Signed 'J.Backler' in lower right hand corner, incised into the paint layer (about 1 1/2 in. from right edge and 5/8 in. from bottom edge), visible with microscope or magnifiying glass. - Date note
Dated from comparison with HC Allport drawings of Port Macquarie of 1839 (ML PXD 86), which show the town in a similar state of development to this oil. - Subject
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Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (2018)
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