Burning of the Garden Palace from Eaglesfield, Darlinghurst, sketched at 5.55am, Sep 22/82 / waterco...
Burning of the Garden Palace from Eaglesfield, Darlinghurst, sketched at 5.55am, Sep 22/82 / waterco...
Burning of the Garden Palace from Eaglesfield, Darlinghurst, sketched at 5.55am, Sep 22/82 / watercolour by unknown artist
About this item
Full title
Date
1882
Call Numbers
SSV/137
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 16 x 25.5 cm - watercolour
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Item is a depiction of the fire which broke out at The Garden Palace at about 5:40 a.m. on 22 September 1882, which totally consumed the building in around 40 minutes. It appears to have been created as the Palace was burning.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Burning of the Garden Palace from Eaglesfield, Darlinghurst, sketched at 5.55am, Sep 22/82 / watercolour by unknown artist
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed at beneath picture 'Burning of Garden Palace, From Eaglesfield Darlinghurst, Sketched at 5.55 a.m. Sep 22/82'
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Peter Walker Fine Art, May 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Eaglesfield was a school on Darlinghurst Road. Originally named 'The New School' it was renamed Eaglesfield in 1879, after Robert Eaglesfield, founder of Queen's College Oxford.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/137
Record Identifier
n88E5RBn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88E5RBn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1336725
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