View of Sydney; the West side of Sydney Cove, 1826 / Barthelemy Lauvergne
View of Sydney; the West side of Sydney Cove, 1826 / Barthelemy Lauvergne
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1826
Call Numbers
DG SV1/51
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 9 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. - pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Copy print : DG SV1/51
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Finding aids
Research notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn248 -
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Alternative Titles
Full title
View of Sydney; the West side of Sydney Cove, 1826 / Barthelemy Lauvergne
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Colour transparency held.
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled 'Vue de Sydney'. Signed 'Lauvergne'.
On back of drawing is inscribed, 'J. Edge, Partington records a lithograph (not represented in his collection) on p. 39 of his Australasian Prints, as follows : 'View of the City of Sydney from the Harbour, with vessels at anchor immediately behind the Fort, by Lauvergne, Lithograph, by Himetey, ca. 18...
Attributions / Conjectures
'This sketch is probably the original of the lithograph and is dated 13 October, 1926'. Signed 'A.W.F. Fuller, 20 January 1933'.
Date note
Dated in ink below the view '13 December 1826'. Below the date in pencil another hand, possibly Captain Fullers, has written '13 October 1826'.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased at Sotheby & Co., Sale Lot. No. 100.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG SV1/51
Record Identifier
1JkmQQxY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmQQxY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
844912
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