Sydney, 1831 [View of Sydney Harbour from the grounds of Cumberland Place, Bunker's Hill, west side...
Sydney, 1831 [View of Sydney Harbour from the grounds of Cumberland Place, Bunker's Hill, west side...
Sydney, 1831 [View of Sydney Harbour from the grounds of Cumberland Place, Bunker's Hill, west side of Sydney Cove] / Charles Rodius
About this item
Full title
Date
1831
Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Rodius/14
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 20.2 x 34.4 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Sydney, 1831 [View of Sydney Harbour from the grounds of Cumberland Place, Bunker's Hill, west side of Sydney Cove] / Charles Rodius
Notes
General note
The view of Sydney Harbour from Bunker's Hill is from the same position as a pencil sketch by Rodius in 1833 titled "View from the Archdeacons house Sydney of the Bay" (Bishop William Grant Broughton). See: Charles Rodius - views of Sydney and Parramatta, 1833 (Mitchell Library call no. PXA 997/no.1).
Reference:
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Signature / Inscriptions
"C. Rodius 1831 Sydney" at lower right.
"Sydney - / M.L.L." [?] in ink on reverse at lower right.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher (London dealer) via the Agent General for N.S.W., May 1939.
It appears Fletcher purchased the drawings from a descendant of the artist Marshall Claxton.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Rodius/14
Record Identifier
1l4p5QN1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4p5QN1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9659324
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