View of Mt. Wellington
View of Mt. Wellington
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Date
1845
Call Numbers
DG SV6B/5
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 28.2 x 38.4 cm on mount 38.5 x 55.0 cm - watercolour
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Full title
View of Mt. Wellington
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This image is of the Female Factory from Proctor's Quarry. The factory was later called the Cascades Female Factory. The view of water in the lower left-hand corner is the Hobart Rivulet. The image is similar to John Skinner Prout's work titled, 'Female Factory from Proctor's Quarry', painted in 1844. It appeared in 'Tasmania illustrated', Vol. 1,...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed: J.S. Prout and dated 1845 in lower right-hand corner. Untitled.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
John Skinner Prout, (1805-1876), artist, was born on 19 December 1805 at Plymouth, England. He arrived with his wife and seven children in Sydney on 14 December, 1840. He brought a complete lithographic printing press with him, and in early 1841 he started producing lithographed versions of his drawings of Sydney. In January 1844, Prout moved to...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG SV6B/5
Record Identifier
92eVAk0Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVAk0Y
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Reference code
457725
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