• Title
  Photographic copy of a drawing of 'The Homestead', Bondi, [not after 1993] / photograph by Jenny Priestley ; drawing probably by Georgiana Sophia Ormond O'Brien
• Creator
  Jenny Priestley
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [not after 1993 (photographic copy of drawing created between 1851 and 1923)]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9608051
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photographic print - 8 x 13 cm
  
• Collection history
  At the time the photograph was taken, the original drawing was owned by Mrs Dorothy Rigney, but is no longer in existence.
• Scope and Content
  Photographic print of a drawing of 'The Homestead', depicting a house on a hillside.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: Jenny Priestley
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jenny Priestley
• General note
  
  The Homestead, a substantial house at Bondi, an eastern beachside suburb of Sydney, was built on land acquired in 1851 by Edward Smith Hall in trust for his daughter Georgiana Elizabeth (1821-1860). Her husband, Francis O'Brien, later purchased the house and its surrounding 200 acres.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Sketch of 'The Homestead' / 21 Sir Thomas Mitchell Rd, Bondi / Artist unknown / Dorothy Rigney" -- in typescript on reverse of photograph
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Jenny Priestley believes that the original drawing was by Georgiana Sophia Ormond O'Brien (1845-1923), daughter of Francis and Georgiana O'Brien, and that the small figure in the lower left corner depicts herself.
• Date note
  
  Photograph dated from publication date of The entwining branches / Jenny Priestley. St Ives: Jenny Priestley, 1993 in which the photograph appears.
  Original drawing dated from the period between date of purchase of land on which 'The Homestead' was subsequently built and date of death of the probable artist.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  O'Brien, Georgiana Sophia Ormond
  
• Topic
  houses
  
• Place
  Bondi (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8669065

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