• Title
  Views of Sydney Harbour, Coogee Bay, Lord Howe Island and Flinders Island, 1862-1863 / William Hallam Elton
• Creator
  William Hallam Elton
• Call number
  DG*D 7
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1862-1863
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  840154
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  17 watercolours - approx. 25 x 35 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  
  1. Lord Howe Island - Latitude 31.30s Longitude 159.30E April / 1862 Watercolour. 26.5 × 36.7 cm
  2. Bird Rock 1000 feet - Lat 31.00 Long 159E April / 1862 Watercolour. 26.5 × 36.3 cm
  3. In Rose Bay Sydney Harbour - June 1862. Watercolour. Signed ' W.H.E. ' at left. 25.4 × 35.5 cm4 Sydney Harbour - Watercolour. 26.1 × 36.3 cm
  5. Garden Island Sydney Harbour - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.3 cm
  6. Part of Sydney Harbour - July 1863. Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.3 cm
  7. Sydney Head with the Lighthouse & Flagstaff with singnal flying - Watercolour. 24.9 × 34.9 cm
  8. Coogee Bay. Near Sydney New South Wales - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.4 cm
  9. Flinders Island - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.5 cm
  10. Goat Island - Sydney - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.3 cm
  11. Part of Sydney Harbour - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.2 cm
  12. Green Island ! off Flinders Island Furneaux Group Basses [sic] Straits - Watercolour. [with incomplete pencil and watercolour sketch of Sydney Harbour on reverse] 25.3 × 35.5 cm
  12a [Incomplete pencil and watercolour sketch of Sydney Harbour] on reverse 25.3 × 35.5 cm
  13. Part of Flinders Island Basses [sic] Straits - December 1862. Watercolour. Signed ' W.H.E. ' on reverse [with watercolour sketch of unidentified tropical Island on reverse] 25.2 × 35.2 cm
  13a [Watercolour sketch of unidentified tropical Island] on reverse 25.2 × 35.2 cm
  14. [Unidentified coastline and Islands with waterfront buildings and sailing vessels] - Watercolour. 24.9 × 34.9 cm
  15. [Unidentified islands with sailing ship] - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.5 cm
  16. [Unidentified coastline with sailing vessel] - Watercolour. 22.6 × 31.8 cm
  17. [Unidentified coastline with foreshore building and sailing vessel] - Watercolour. 25.2 × 35.5 cm
  
  Included are coastal views of areas visited by the artist who served as Lieutenant in the Royal Navy on HMS Miranda, Corvette, on Australian Station, see Great Britain and Ireland - Navy Department (Navy list, 20 June 1862- 20 December 1863). Four views of islands and coastlines are unidentified.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Finding Aids
  Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Copy print available: DG*D 7
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Two are signed with initials 'W.H.E.' Five are dated between 'April/62' and 'July/63'. Thirteen are identified on reverse in an unknown hand.
• Topic
  views
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Coogee Bay (N.S.W.)
  Flinders Island (Tas.)
  Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
  
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