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[Manly Cove from North Harbour, after 1855]
[Manly Cove from North Harbour, after 1855]
About this item
Full title
Date
1855-1860
Call Numbers
PXA 980/5
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 25 x 35.2 cm. - 1 watercolour and gouache on paper laid on board
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Depicts Manly Cove with the beach and ferry wharf in the distance. Ladies can be seen promenading, and a number of yachts and passenger steamer (having just left the jetty) add to the charm of the scene. This work dates amongst the earliest pictures of Manly Cove showing the first houses and jetty.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Manly Cove from North Harbour, after 1855]
Notes
General note
Watercolour said to have originally belonged to Augustus Morris, Member of Parliament, who lived in a house near the jetty, dying there in 1895 -- information from file
Digital order no:a128289
Signature / Inscriptions
'Manly in the early days, Augustus Morris' home on right of picture at end of wharf' -- on reverse in later hand
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Tim McCormick, November 2002
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 980/5
Record Identifier
9arpJQpn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arpJQpn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421747
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