ITEM 03: Carrington Church, 1848 / [watercolour attributed to Philip Parker King]
ITEM 03: Carrington Church, 1848 / [watercolour attributed to Philip Parker King]
ITEM 03: Carrington Church, 1848 / [watercolour attributed to Philip Parker King]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1848
Call Numbers
SSV/139
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 14 x 23 cm - watercolour on paper
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Rural landsacpe view of open field with church in background. Two men, one wearing a top hat astride a brown horse, conversing in the foreground.
Alternative Titles
Full title
ITEM 03: Carrington Church, 1848 / [watercolour attributed to Philip Parker King]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil lower right: 'Carrington Church from above the dam'
Attributions / Conjectures
The syle of this unsigned watercolour compares well with other Philip Parker King works, so is attributed to him, despite the pencil inscription in a hand not consistent with other known works by P. P. King.
Description source
Title taken from caption
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The Church at Carrington, Port Stephens, was established in 1847 by the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) and built by convict labour under the direction of Philip Parker King. King was the Commissioner of the AAC between 1839 and 1849. When the The AAC headquarters were relocated to Stroud in 1862 the Carrington church was closed, but still st...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/139
Record Identifier
1LjGwWr9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjGwWr9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1000037
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