The Port of Sydney, N.S.W. / J. S. Prout
The Port of Sydney, N.S.W. / J. S. Prout
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
approximately 1842
Call Numbers
SV*/Sp Coll/Prout/6
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 24.0 x 33.2 cm - pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Alternative Titles
Full title
The Port of Sydney, N.S.W. / J. S. Prout
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The lettering of signature and title appear to have been restored. This view is not of Circular Quay and may not be Sydney. Source: Mitchell Library Pictures catalogue card.
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed: J.S. Prout in bottom left corner. Title in bottom right corner. Undated.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by N. Newcombe, a distant relative of artist, Dec. 1952.
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. During his time in Australia he...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV*/Sp Coll/Prout/6
Record Identifier
92eVAkNY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVAkNY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
457713
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