No.4 Government House and Fort Macquarie Sydney N.S.W. from the Botanical Gardens, 1846 / painted by...
No.4 Government House and Fort Macquarie Sydney N.S.W. from the Botanical Gardens, 1846 / painted by...
No.4 Government House and Fort Macquarie Sydney N.S.W. from the Botanical Gardens, 1846 / painted by G. E. P. [Peacock]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1846
Call Numbers
DG 336 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, East Wall, no. 88
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 15.3 x 20.7 cm. - oil on board
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This view looks back from the eastern point of Farm Cove to Government House and Fort Macquarie (the site of the Sydney Opera House). The lushness of the Gardens is emphasised by the eclectic array of exotic and indigenous plants (such as the Gymea lily) in the foreground.
Alternative Titles
Full title
No.4 Government House and Fort Macquarie Sydney N.S.W. from the Botanical Gardens, 1846 / painted by G. E. P. [Peacock]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a128056...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled, signed & dated "G.E.P. 1846" -- on label on reverse
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1929
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 336 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, East Wall, no. 88
Record Identifier
9qoQk4K1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQk4K1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421108
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