861963
- TitleSydney Cove from the North Shore, ca. 1817 / I. [James? Major] Taylor
- Creator
- Call numberXV1/ca. 1817/1
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1817 - Type of material
- Reference code861963
- Physical Description1 watercolour - sepia - 18 3/4 in. x 30 1/8 in.
- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009 - General note
Major James Taylor arrived N.S.W. 9.8.1817 so this I. Taylor is probably James Taylor. No signed Taylor originals in Mitchell Library or Dixson 1957 for comparison. S. Mourot 1949
For a similar view see Lycett - Sydney from the North Shore ML 52. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Signed 'I Taylor' and titled. - Date note
St. Phillip's round tower completed 1807. If building on top of hill is Rum Hospital (mill stood where Governor Phillip's statue now stands), completed March 1816, it places picture between that date and end 1817 as foundation stone of Fort Macquarie laid December 1817, building completed 1819. S. Mourot 1949 - Topic
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