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Print
862680
  • Title
    Drawings of Cooks River area and Government House, Windsor, ca. 1840-1843 / John Want
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 541
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1840-1843
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    862680
  • Issue Copy
    Copy print : PXA 541
    Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
  • Physical Description
    4 drawings - 3 pencil, 1 pencil and wash - various sizes
  • Collection history
    Offered by Sotheby's, Sydney, 22nd October, 1986, as part of lot 37 (passed in).
  • Scope and Content
    Included in the collection are views of the Cooks River area and view of Government House, Windsor.
  • 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

    The pencil and wash drawing is unsigned. Each work is titled.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Two of the pencil drawings are signed 'J Want'; the third is inscribed 'J Want' on the reverse side.
  • Attributions / conjectures

    Attributed to john want in Sotheby's catalogue, Sydney, 22nd October 1986, lot 37.
  • Date note

    The pencil drawings are dated 1843; the pencil and wash drawing is dated ca. 1840 in Sotheby's catalogue.
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