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826215
  • Title
    Port Macquarie ca. 1840 / Joseph Backler
  • Creator
  • Call number
    ML 354
    Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, South Wall, no. 192
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1840
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    826215
  • Physical Description
    1 painting - oil - 25 1/2 x 37 1/2 in., framed 34 x 45 1/2 in.
  • Copying Conditions
    Out 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
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (2018)

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