The Pioneer gunboat, A.S.N. Co. dock, 1863 / photographed by H.A. Severn

SHIPS FILE/62

fonds

1863

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1248671

1 photographic print - albumen - 6.8 x 8.1 cm on mount 8.5 x 9 cm

In 1854, painter, professional photographer and printmaker Henry Augustus Severn arrived in Sydney, having been appointed a clerk at the Sydney Mint.

Reference:
Design and Art Australia Online (DAAO). http://www.daao.org.au/ (accessed October 15, 2014)

The photograph appears to be the left hand image of a stereograph

The gunboat `Pioneer' was built for the New Zealand Government by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company at Pyrmont, Sydney.
Reference:
THE A. S. N. COMPANY'S WORKS AT PYRMONT. (1864, July 5). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 2. (accessed October 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18695973)

Transferred from SHIPS FILE/Pioneer, H.M.S., October 2014

Inscribed in ink on reverse “The Pioneer gun boat for New Zealand. Built at A.S.N. Co.’s Dock in 1863 by W. Macarthur. Photographed by H.A. Severn at one time connected with Sydney Mint”