Item 02: The PS Kembla, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
Item 02: The PS Kembla, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
About this item
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Date
[ca. 1880]
Call Numbers
V/322
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 32.5 x 50.5 cm - watercolour and gouache on wove paper
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Item
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This watercolour shows the paddle steamer 'Kembla' steaming along the coast.The artist has included members of the crew working the vessel and passengers standing on the deck. The 'PS Kembla' was drawn as part of a pair with 'The PS Collaroy'.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 02: The PS Kembla, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
Notes
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to William Forster. Born in England in 1840, Forster was a prominent marine artist who visited Australia in the late nineteenth century and worked in Sydney and Newcastle. He died in 1891.
Attribution made by Day Fine Art, 21 July 2017.
Reference:
Library correspondence file.
Date note
Date based on the event in 1881 when the Collaroy ran ashore at Narrabeen during a dense fog. She was sold at auction and refloated three years later. This watercolour of the Kembla was drawn as a pair, therefore the same circa date of 1880 has been assigned.
Description source
Titled on lower mount on piece of paper "The PS Kembla".
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The Kembla, an iron paddle steamer, was built in Glasgow for the Illawarra
Steam Navigation Co. Following her arrival in Sydney in 1861 she operated as a
passenger vessel on the Merimbula trade. She was laid up for a number of years
until 1872 when she began servicing Sydney and Melbourne via Wollongong,
Shoalhaven and Eden. In 1873...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/322
Record Identifier
16AXzmen
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AXzmen
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9608807
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