View of Rossbank Observatory, Hobart, ca. 1849-1854 / attributed to Knut Bull
View of Rossbank Observatory, Hobart, ca. 1849-1854 / attributed to Knut Bull
View of Rossbank Observatory, Hobart, ca. 1849-1854 / attributed to Knut Bull
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1849-1854
Call Numbers
DG 339
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 39 x 55 cm, sight, in gilded wooden frame 54 x 70 cm - oil on canvas
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Copy print : DG 339
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Finding aids
Research notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn 433 and PXn 682 -
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Alternative Titles
Full title
View of Rossbank Observatory, Hobart, ca. 1849-1854 / attributed to Knut Bull
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Titled from Hendrik Kolenberg identification of the buildings shown as Rossbank Observatory.
Titled 'View of Hobart Town' and dated ca. 1800 in Sotheby's catalogue, 21 Apr. 1960, Lot 179.
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned. 'Hobart' inscribed on back.
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to Knut Bull by Hendrik Kolenberg, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1986.
Date note
No date; dated from the earliest date Bull is known to have been in Hobart, and the date the present Government House, Hobart, near the site of Rossbank Ob seratory but not shown in the view, was built.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Sothebys, 1960
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 339
Record Identifier
1LjR3M59
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjR3M59
Other Identifiers
Reference code
836255
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