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[Old Government House], 1842 / C. Martens
[Old Government House], 1842 / C. Martens
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1842
Call Numbers
DG 65 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 4
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 47.5 x 66 cm. in contemporary gilded frame 67.5 x 86 cm. - oil on canvas
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Old Government House], 1842 / C. Martens
Variant title
Previously titled `Sydney Cove’ from former frame label
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Title and information from Conrad Martens: life and art / Elizabeth Ellis, 1994, pg. 160
Account book, 21 Jan. 1842 `Old Government House The Governor £15.15’
Related pencil drawings: `Government House May 8/38’, title and date lower left.
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower left `C. Martens, 1842’
Inscription on reverse `painted for Sir George Gipps. Jany 1842’
Conservation note
Exhibited at Government House (Sydney), August 1997 to February 1998
Published information
Conrad Martens: life and art / Elizabeth Ellis¶Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press, 1994
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Sir William Dixson, 21 Oct. 1929
Exhibited in
- Journeys through Landscapes - Conrad Martens Life & Art
- Painted panorama 1800-1870: paintings from the Mitchell and Dixson collections of the State Library of New South Wales
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (21 November, 1994 - 3 July, 1995)
Blaxland Gallery (November, 1985 - November, 1985)
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - )
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 65 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 4
Record Identifier
Yr8R3A4n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8R3A4n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825847
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