[Dawes Point from Fort Macquarie] / by Charles Drinkwater, 1867
[Dawes Point from Fort Macquarie] / by Charles Drinkwater, 1867
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Author / Creator
Date
1867
Call Numbers
ML 1506
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Physical Description
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1 painting - 36.5 x 49.5 cm. - oil on canvas
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Oil painting on canvas, 1867, depicting a view from Fort Macquarie across Sydney Cove to Dawes Point and the Rocks area, with the western reach of Sydney harbour in the distance beyond. Fort Macquarie, on the end of Bennelong Point, was built by Francis Greenway under the direction of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and is now the site of the Sydney Op...
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Full title
[Dawes Point from Fort Macquarie] / by Charles Drinkwater, 1867
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right “C. Drinkwater, Sydney 1867”. Further inscription in pencil on reverse “Fort Macquarie 1867”.
Object History
From Sydney collection of John Houstone
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Charles Drinkwater (1818-1902) was known as a photographer who worked in Sydney and around New South Wales. In 1867 he was listed as working in Kempsey, NSW. He moved to Sydney the following year and established C. Drinkwater’s Chromo Gallery at 621 George Street. He then travelled around taking photographs in country towns including Wallabadah, Ta...
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Call Numbers
ML 1506
Record Identifier
YezWqob9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezWqob9
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Reference code
9580629
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