Macquarie Street, Sydney, ca. 1916-1935 / painted by Frank [Frances] Payne
Macquarie Street, Sydney, ca. 1916-1935 / painted by Frank [Frances] Payne
Macquarie Street, Sydney, ca. 1916-1935 / painted by Frank [Frances] Payne
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1916-1935
Call Numbers
ML 1504 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 56
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 39 x 30 cm, in frame - oil on board
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
In copyright : Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Frances Payne
Rights and Restrictions Information : No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Frances Payne
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Painting shows city terraces and streetscape with pedestrians on Macquarie Street. It depicts the Horbury Terraces at centre, and the Wyoming building on the far left. The grassy area, in foreground, is where the slip road from Shakespeare Place to Macquarie Street is now located, near the Mitchell Library.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Macquarie Street, Sydney, ca. 1916-1935 / painted by Frank [Frances] Payne
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contributing Creator
Painting by Frances Payne. Frank Payne is a pseudonym.
Notes
General note
The Horbury Terraces, are colonial city terraces that were common on Macquarie Street in the mid-19th century. Originally built in 1839, the terraces were one of the most desirable residences in the colony in the 1840s, and some of the earliest to have running water. Originally part of a row of seven terraces, only two of the townhouses now remain...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed at lower right ‘Frank Payne’.
On verso: Old Homes, Maq St, Syd. 10. 10, Mrs A.P. Clinton, Greenwich.
Description source
Title taken from Bonhams Auction Catalogue, 7 June 2016.
Object History
Private collection, United Kingdom.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Bonhams, Sydney, 8 July 2016, Lot No. 70
Exhibited in
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (2018)
Administrative / Biographical history
Frances Payne (1885-1976), artist and illustrator, also known as Frank Payne, Mrs Clinton, Francis Mallalieu Payne.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1504 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 56
Record Identifier
nM70AeAY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM70AeAY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9585821
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