Collection of watercolour drawings of Paddington, Double Bay and Rose Bay by George Roberts 1860-186...
Collection of watercolour drawings of Paddington, Double Bay and Rose Bay by George Roberts 1860-186...
Collection of watercolour drawings of Paddington, Double Bay and Rose Bay by George Roberts 1860-1864
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1860 - 1865
Call Numbers
PXD 817
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 11 watercolour drawings on paper heat-pressed onto backing paper
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Albion Mills March 3rd 1840 [1841]
Inscribed faintly in pencil at lower right: `Albion Mills 3rd March 1840'
24.3 x 36.9 cm
Albion Mills and Inn, at Darling Harbour, were destroyed by fire on the night of 3rd March 1841. It is possible a later drawing made by Roberts - from memory - some years after an event which took place on 3...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection of watercolour drawings of Paddington, Double Bay and Rose Bay by George Roberts 1860-1864
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The Library has two other collections of his work at DL Px 52 and PXA 2961. The City of Sydney Public Library also has a collection of 9 watercolours, copies of which are at PXB 104.
Digital order no:Album ID : 903242
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Jan 2000
Administrative / Biographical history
George Roberts, a theatre scene painter, lived in Paddington in the late 1850s and early 1860s and made many drawings of the area. He lived in Victoria Street in Paddington in the 1860s.
Reference:
Sand Sydney Directory (1863)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 817
Record Identifier
Yold3eW9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yold3eW9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404021
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