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[A view of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?], 1852 / painted by G. E. Peacock

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[A view of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?], 1852 / painted by G. E. Peacock

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7deRL9

[A view of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?], 1852 / painted by G. E. Peacock

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Full title

[A view of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?], 1852 / painted by G. E. Peacock

Author / Creator

Peacock, G. E. (George Edwards), b. 1806

Date

1852

Call Numbers

ML 676

Record Identifier

Yj7deRL9

Reference Code

421078

Formats

Pictures and Paintings

Physical Description

Contents

1 painting - 35.5 x 76.5 cm. - oil on canvas

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Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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Digitised

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Scope and Contents

Contents

One of Peacock's larger works, this painting encompasses a wide sweep of Sydney, from Government House and Stables on the left, to Governor Bourke's statue on the right. It is not clear where Peacock stood to make this picture, and indeed he seems to have deliberately stretched its perspective. The villas on the Woolloomooloo Ridge can be seen in t...

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Full title

[A view of Sydney from the Botanic Gardens?], 1852 / painted by G. E. Peacock

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Reference: George Edwards Peacock exhibition catalogue. State Library of New South Wales, 2002
Oil painting and frame conserved with the generous support of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, 2001-2002.

Digital order no:a128046

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right "G.E. Peacock, 1852"

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

ML 676

Record Identifier

Yj7deRL9

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Reference code

421078

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