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[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]

[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]
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[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lOxDY

[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]

About this item

Full title

[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]

Date

185-?

Call Numbers

SV/237

Record Identifier

nM7lOxDY

Reference Code

982594

Formats

Pictures and Drawings

Physical Description

Contents

1 drawing - 17.5 x 32.5 cm, in mount 31.5 x 47 cm. - pen and ink with grey wash

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955.

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Physical Access Conditions

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Issue Copy

Digitised

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Pen, black ink and grey wash drawing. The view is westward of Macquarie Place with The Obelisk in front of a row of buildings. Figures of people and horses and carts are depicted in front of the buildings. In the background is an outline of the township, including the flagpoles of Observatory Hill, and the The National Art School and The Ship and M...

Alternative Titles

Full title

[View of Macquarie Place, Sydney, 185-?]

Notes

General note

Digital order no:a7123001

Signature / Inscriptions

Inscribed in pencil at upper left: "Mr Parkin".
Inscribed on verso: "Mrs Parkin" and "Wm. Pelford".

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Harbeck Rare Books, July 2012.

Administrative / Biographical history

From as early as 1792 a triangular piece of ground adjacent to the Governor’s Domain was evident. In 1810 Governor Macquarie formally established the area as open space, named it Macquarie Place, and had the area delineated by a wall. The Obelisk, designed by Francis Greenway and constructed in 1818, was located in the centre of the park and was...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

SV/237

Record Identifier

nM7lOxDY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lOxDY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

982594

How to access this item

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