Sydney Harbour from Darling Point, 1869 / drawn by John Vine Hall. Includes incomplete letter receiv...
Sydney Harbour from Darling Point, 1869 / drawn by John Vine Hall. Includes incomplete letter receiv...
Sydney Harbour from Darling Point, 1869 / drawn by John Vine Hall. Includes incomplete letter received by John Vine Hall from Captain Blane, 8 August 1876 ; and distressed label.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1869 ; 8 August 1876
Call Numbers
ML 1393 , MLMSS 7741
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 27 x 54.5 cm (sight) in frame 52.3 x 79 cm : - pencil and watercolour wash, heightened with white
0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
Access to this collection via appointment only. For access to this collection, enquire with staff in the reading room or enquire online using Ask a Librarian : Applies to ML 1393
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
ML 1393
Shows Garden Island and Fort Denison, in the middle distance, and Clark Island and Retford Hall, right middle distance.
MLMSS 7741
Includes a distressed label, now barely legible; and an incomplete letter received by John Vine Hall from Captain Blane, 8 August 1876. The letter reads: `From Captain Blane. My dear Capt. Hall Pra...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sydney Harbour from Darling Point, 1869 / drawn by John Vine Hall. Includes incomplete letter received by John Vine Hall from Captain Blane, 8 August 1876 ; and distressed label.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 862135...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated: `I.V. Hall 1869', lower left ; inscribed with title, lower centre: `Sketch of part of Sydney Harbour / from Darling Point.'
A letter addressed to John Vine Hall, and distressed label were affixed to the backing board and have been removed, March 2007. The letter dated 8 August 1876 is located MLMSS 7741.
A further pe...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased January 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Captain John Vine Hall, master mariner, joined the Royal Navy in 1827. From 1835 until the 1860s he was in command of various ships trading in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, South America and India. He was married to amateur artist Rebecca Stokes Hall.
From 1860-1866 the Halls lived in Sydney, Australia, while he was General Manager of t...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1393 , MLMSS 7741
Record Identifier
9yM6llE9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6llE9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
456525
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