[Bayard, Wolseley Road, Point Piper, ca 1900] / watercolour by John Campbell
[Bayard, Wolseley Road, Point Piper, ca 1900] / watercolour by John Campbell
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca 1900
Call Numbers
XV/202
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 54 x 82.5 cm. - watercolour on paper
Other Descriptions
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The house depicted in this detailed architectural study shows a property sited on the eastern foreshore of Sydney Harbour, which has been identified as the private residence known as ‘Bayard’, 116 Wolseley Road, Point Piper.
The house is built in the elaborate Italianate Renaissance-revival style of the late Victorian era, with red and whit...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Bayard, Wolseley Road, Point Piper, ca 1900] / watercolour by John Campbell
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'JOHN CA' lower right
Date note
No date. Date based on John Campbell's move to Perth and photograph dated ca 1910 held at PXE 711/68.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Sotheby's Australia. Auction sale AU0805, 10 May 2016. The Denis Savill Collection of Australian Art, Lot 51.
Collection history
Private collection.
Rushton Fine Arts Sydney, July 1987.
Administrative / Biographical history
John Campbell (1855-1924) was a scenic painter who migrated to Australia from Scotland in early 1880s, working in NSW and QLD before later moving to W.A; very little is known about Campbell's education, his training or his life in Scotland. By 1895, he is recorded as working in Sydney and it is thought Campbell may have lived in Parramatta whilst w...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/202
Record Identifier
nmQZ44Vn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQZ44Vn
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Reference code
9611609
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