[House at] Parramatta, N.S.W. / John Campbell

XV/96

fonds

1890s?

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

840580

1 watercolour - 44 x 66 cm within framelines

A highly detailed depiction of a two storied gable brick house facing Hunter Street, on the intersection with Marsden Street, Parramatta. Includes detail of iron lace verandahs garlanded with clematis vine and furnished with outdoor settings, with glimpses of window furnishings and garden plantings. The image extends to include detail of the streetscape and neighbouring houses.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Titled & signed at lower right

The house, on the corner of Hunter & Marsden Streets Parramatta was possibly the residence of John Claughton, cab proprietor; the neighbouring house with corrugated iron fencing may have belonged to Samuel Turner, bootmaker; the house on the opposite corner (west side of Mardsen Street) may have belonged to Edwin Robson.
In the distance a Palladian villa can be seen, possibly the rectory of St John's and former residence of Reverend Samuel Marsden, designed by Francis Greenway.

References:
Sands Directories, 1885, 1890, 1892, 1900
Library correspondence file