Neva, Alice Cameron, Sir George Grey, Breadalbane, Kate, beween 1858-1874 / Frederick Garling
Neva, Alice Cameron, Sir George Grey, Breadalbane, Kate, beween 1858-1874 / Frederick Garling
Neva, Alice Cameron, Sir George Grey, Breadalbane, Kate, beween 1858-1874 / Frederick Garling
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
beween 1858-1874
Call Numbers
PXD 1336
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
5 watercolours - drawings approximately 34 x 52.5 cm, or slightly smaller in mounts 48.7 x 65.7 cm - in window mounts
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Alphabetical by ship's name
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955<br>
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Alice Cameron, 1863-1874
2. Breadalbane, 1858-1874
3. Kate, 1860-1868
4. Neva, 1863-1869
5. Sir George Grey, 1864-1866
South Head, the Signal Station, Macquarie Lighthouse, Hornby Lighthouse and some other shipping used in the backgrounds for perspective
Alternative Titles
Full title
Neva, Alice Cameron, Sir George Grey, Breadalbane, Kate, beween 1858-1874 / Frederick Garling
Variant title
Titled by cataloguer
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1038118
Date note
All of the ships fly the Circular Saw flag, except Breadalbane
Alice Cameron
Sold to Henderson 1863, went missing 1874
Breadalbane
1858, wrecked 1874
Kate
Purchased 1860, sold 1868
Neva
Purchased 1863, wrecked 1869
Sir George Grey
Purchased 1864, wrecked 1866
Dated by cataloguer
Conservation note
The drawings were unframed May 2013; condition reports on the Library correspondence file
Description source
Library correspondence file
Object History
This collection was originally owned by Henderson & Macfarlane, a New Zealand shipping company that owned most of the vessels. The five works were then transferred to Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd, Sydney in 1938 when they acquired the assets of Henderson & Macfarlane. These watercolours hung in the Burns Philp headquarters in Sydney until 1998 when the c...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Menzies Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers, Sydney, Thursday, 21 March 2013, Lot 24
Administrative / Biographical history
The ships Alice Cameron, Kate, Neva and the Sir George Grey were all barques or schooners of the Circular Saw Line. They are all depicted flying the flag of this line: a blue circular saw on a white background.
Reference:
Henderson & Macfarlane's Circular Saw Line / by Anthony G. Flude. Auckland, N.Z. : A. G. Flude, 1993
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1336
Record Identifier
nmQd64Vn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQd64Vn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1025770
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