• Title
  Captain Thomas Watson, sea captain and surveyor, ca. 1865-1870 / photographer C. Drinkwater
• Creator
  Charles Drinkwater
• Call number
  P1/1918
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1865-1870
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs
• Reference code
  901267
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photographic print - carte de visite - 10.5 x 6.3 cm
  1 p. - textual records - 26.6 x 25.5 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Thomas Watson was born in Deptford in 1795. He married Hannah Hostage in 1818 and arrived in Sydney in 1821. In 1822 he was appointed Superintendent of Macquarie Light House. He was responsible for the statues of James Cook in Liverpool and Hyde Park, Sydney. He died at home in Randwick in 1879.
  
  Reference:
  Biographical details on a sheet accompanying this portrait from J. A. Thomson, Richmond, N.S.W.
  
  A detailed record of Captain Watson's life is held at the Genealogical Society, Richmond Villa, York Street, Sydney
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Watson, Capt. Thomas (BM), July 2010
  Digital order no:Album ID : 937343
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Capt. Thomas Watson, pilot, harbour master, erected monument to Capt. cook'" -- in ink on the reverse
  
  Photographer's stamp unreadable
• Name
  Watson, Thomas, 1795-1879
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  ships' captains
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE167191

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