"Xarifa" / Chas Parbury, Esq. / Vice-Commodore / [watercolour by Frederick Garling]
"Xarifa" / Chas Parbury, Esq. / Vice-Commodore / [watercolour by Frederick Garling]
"Xarifa" / Chas Parbury, Esq. / Vice-Commodore / [watercolour by Frederick Garling]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1863
Call Numbers
ML 87
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 29.7 x 50.3 cm - watercolour and gouache with underdrawing
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Alternative Titles
Full title
"Xarifa" / Chas Parbury, Esq. / Vice-Commodore / [watercolour by Frederick Garling]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 937326
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled on backing board, possibly in contemporary hand
Contextual Information
Source
Possibly presented by D. S. Mitchell, 1904-06
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1864 Charles Parbury's Xarifa beat William Walker's Chance in a southerly gale over 140nm from Sydney to Newcastle and back. The two men were wealthy foundation members of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron formed just 18 months earlier.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 87
Record Identifier
9WZMN8zY
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
404688
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