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Brisbane from Toorak [House] July 1869 / by Eliza Hodgson
Brisbane from Toorak [House] July 1869 / by Eliza Hodgson
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1869
Call Numbers
V4/1869/1
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 30.6 x 75 cm. (image) ; 33 x 75.6 cm. (board) - 1 watercolour drawing mounted on cardboard
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
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Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Brisbane from Toorak [House] July 1869 / by Eliza Hodgson
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This panoramic watercolour view is from the suburb of Hamilton in Brisbane. Toorak House was built by Sir J.R. Dickson in 1864.
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled, signed, and dated at lower left in ink.
Handwritten in pencil on reverse on board, "Brisbane Queensland / Toorak July 1869"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Angus & Robertson, Dec. 1933
Administrative / Biographical history
Eliza Hodgson, nee Dowling, was a painter and sketcher. Born in England, she came to Sydney in 1828 and received tuition from Conrad Martens. After her marriage in 1842, Eliza and her husband Arthur lived on the wool property Eton Vale on the Darling Downs near Toowoomba. In December 1869 she returned to England. -- Reference: Dictionary of Austral...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V4/1869/1
Record Identifier
9Bv7K439
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7K439
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446361
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