Harp Hotel, Wollongong, 1918 / John Campbell
Harp Hotel, Wollongong, 1918 / John Campbell
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1918
Call Numbers
DG 369
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 16 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. - oil on canvas
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Lettering on veranda awning reads 'Wood's Harp Hotel'
Alternative Titles
Full title
Harp Hotel, Wollongong, 1918 / John Campbell
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"The artist [J. Campbell] was passing through Wollongong at the time and my brother who was the Licensee of the Hotel at the time made accommodation available for the artist in return for painting the picture." -- John Woods, August 1964
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Digital order no:a1528492
Signature / Inscriptions
Untitled.
Signed 'J. Campbell. 1918' lower right hand corner.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from John Woods, 1964.
DG Pic.Acc.25
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
The Harp Hotel Wollongong was run by William Woods and his wife Margaret Jane Kenna from 1913 to 1919. They were assisted by some of their twelve children, their eldest son, Thomas James (known as Dick), was registered as the proprietor of the hotel. In the painting the girl with dark hair on the veranda is thought to be their daughter, Agnes, or o...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 369
Record Identifier
9yM6Rz29
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6Rz29
Other Identifiers
Reference code
836591
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