• Title
  Barrack Street, Sydney, 1942 / by Roland Wakelin
• Creator
  Roland Wakelin, 1887-1971
• Call number
  ML 1486
  Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, North Wall, no. 62
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1942
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  1006234
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas on board - visible image 74.0 x 37.0 cm, in frame 90.0 x 36.0 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Roland Shakespeare Wakelin (1887-1971), born on 17 April 1887 at Greytown, New Zealand, was among the few artists who introduced modernism to Sydney. Moving to Australia in 1912, he studied under Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Norman Carter at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. From 1934, Wakelin's paintings often depicted his harbour city, as well as intimate subjects of domestic life.
  
  References:
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  Private Collection; Christie’s Australia (Sydney), 18 August 1993, Lot 936; Private Collection; Deutscher-Menzies (Melbourne), 28 August 2002, Lot 136; Private Collection, Melbourne
• Scope and Content
  An urban streetscape which shows view of Barrack Street from the footpath at the left hand side of the road looking out east towards the T intersection with George Street, facing the western facade of the General Post Office.
  
  In the foreground, a street vendor sells a [newspaper] to a woman wearing a cerise pink coat, while a female pedestrian, crosses the road ahead to the right hand side of the street, where a vehicle is parked against the curb adjacent to David Jones’ George Street department store. A tram goes through the intersection ahead, passing in front of an RAAF recruitment billboard. In the background is the GPO building with workmen and a crane positioned on the roof of the building.
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: Estate of Roland Wakelin
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Roland Wakelin.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed lower right 'R. Wakelin '42'.
  Engraved and titled on brass plate, lower edge of timber frame 'Roland Wakelin, Barrack Street, Sydney 1942'.
• Subject
  Streets--New South Wales--Sydney.
  
• Topic
  commuters
  pedestrians
  street vendors
  women
  newspapers
  newspaper sellers
  post offices
  footpaths
  trams
  billboards
  
• Place
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
  Barrack Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  General Post Office (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  George Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Paintings from the Collection - State Library of New South Wales (2018)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8952910

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