[View of Miller's Point and Darling Harbour, ca. 1870 / artist unknown]
[View of Miller's Point and Darling Harbour, ca. 1870 / artist unknown]
[View of Miller's Point and Darling Harbour, ca. 1870 / artist unknown]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1870
Call Numbers
DG 392 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 18
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 46.5 x 63 cm., in frame 53.5 x 70.5 cm. - oil
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
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
View from location now called Peacock Point, Balmain. Shows Flagstaff Hill and the Observatory on the left in the middle distance, Fort Street School (the old Military Hospital) on the ridge and the buildings of the Australian Gas Light Company works, operational by 1843, at the water's edge to the right.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[View of Miller's Point and Darling Harbour, ca. 1870 / artist unknown]
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 825789
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned.
Object History
The painting, acquired from Mrs Stobo in 1965, formerly belonged to her father-in-law who was a sea captain trading in Australian waters.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Mrs Strobo, 1965
Exhibited in
- Sydney Harbour : Seldom Scene
- Painted panorama 1800-1870: paintings from the Mitchell and Dixson collections of the State Library of New South Wales
- The Artist and the patron
- Observing Sydney - views of and from Observatory Hill
- Dockside : Sydney's working harbour, 1840-1875
- Harbour Views
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (5 March - 27 March, 2007)
Blaxland Gallery (November, 1985 - November, 1985)
Art Gallery of New South Wales (February, 1988 - May, 1988)
S.H. Ervin Gallery (May, 1993 - June, 1993)
State Library of New South Wales (May, 2008 - August, 2008)
State Library of New South Wales (March, 2014 - October, 2014)
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 392 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 18
Record Identifier
1LjRV449
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRV449
Other Identifiers
Reference code
456908
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