Sydney Cove from the North Shore, ca. 1817 / I. [James? Major] Taylor
Sydney Cove from the North Shore, ca. 1817 / I. [James? Major] Taylor
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1817
Call Numbers
XV1/ca. 1817/1
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Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 18 3/4 in. x 30 1/8 in. - sepia
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Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Full title
Sydney Cove from the North Shore, ca. 1817 / I. [James? Major] Taylor
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Major James Taylor arrived N.S.W. 9.8.1817 so this I. Taylor is probably James Taylor. No signed Taylor originals in Mitchell Library or Dixson 1957 for comparison. S. Mourot 1949
For a similar view see Lycett - Sydney from the North Shore ML 52.
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'I Taylor' and titled.
Date note
St. Phillip's round tower completed 1807. If building on top of hill is Rum Hospital (mill stood where Governor Phillip's statue now stands), completed March 1816, it places picture between that date and end 1817 as foundation stone of Fort Macquarie laid December 1817, building completed 1819. S. Mourot 1949
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Erskine Family (estate of Mrs S.E. Ward) 1949 with a set of Major Taylor's panoramic views and an unsigned watercolour of Erskine Park.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV1/ca. 1817/1
Record Identifier
nZNvDbmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvDbmn
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Reference code
861963
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