[Livery stables and houses in Hunter Street, Sydney, ca 1855] / Frederick C. Terry
[Livery stables and houses in Hunter Street, Sydney, ca 1855] / Frederick C. Terry
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca 1855
Call Numbers
ML 1463
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 7.5 x 13.5 cm. - watercolour
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Issue Copy
Copy print : PXA 7190/Item 3
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A view of the livery stables and houses in Hunter Street, Sydney. It is a finely drawn depiction of a house and livery stables where horses could be rented by people wishing to travel outside of Sydney. The foreground is enlivened by a man and a woman on horseback, a number of strolling pedestrians and a small dog. The livery stables probably belo...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Livery stables and houses in Hunter Street, Sydney, ca 1855] / Frederick C. Terry
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
'FT' at lower left.
A scrawled inscription on the backing board: 'The cottage in Hunter St. Sydney where our mother was born and where our grandfather had livery stables'.
Object History
By descent from the Bowler, Abbott family.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, 2015 Catalogue item number 33.
Administrative / Biographical history
Frederick Terry was born in England in 1825. He arrived in Sydney in the early 1850s in search of gold but soon turned to art as a more reliable way of earning an income. Within a few years he had established himself as an accomplished professional artist producing images for newspapers and books and also exhibiting in local art societies. Almost e...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1463
Record Identifier
n5lVAN69
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVAN69
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Reference code
1381851
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