Item 01: The PS Collaroy, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
Item 01: The PS Collaroy, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
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Date
[ca. 1880]
Call Numbers
V/321
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Physical Description
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1 drawing - 32.5 x 50.5 cm - watercolour and gouache on wove paper
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Depicts the Collaroy steaming along the coast. The artist has included members of the crew working the vessel and passengers standing on the deck. The PS Collaroy was drawn as part of a pair with 'The PS Kembla'.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 01: The PS Collaroy, [ca. 1880 / drawing attributed to William Forster]
Notes
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to William Forster. Born in England in 1840, Forster was a prominent marine artist who visited Australia in the late nineteenth century and worked in Sydney and Newcastle. He died in 1891.
Attribution made by Day Fine Art, 21 July 2017.
Reference:
Library correspondence file.
Date note
Date based on the event in 1881 when the Collaroy ran ashore at Narrabeen during a dense fog. She was sold at auction and refloated three years later.
Description source
Titled on lower mount on piece of paper "The PS Collaroy".
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Administrative / Biographical history
The Collaroy, an iron paddle steamer, was purchased in 1854 by the Australian Steam Navigation Co and operated for many years as a passenger vessel on the Hunter River trade. In 1879 she was sold to the Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd. but ran ashore at Narrabeen in 1881 during a dense fog. The suburb and beach of Collaroy now bears her name. She was so...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/321
Record Identifier
nZNWgB8n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWgB8n
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Reference code
9608806
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