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New South Wales, View of Sydney from the east side of the cove, no.1-2, and View of Sydney from the...

New South Wales, View of Sydney from the east side of the cove, no.1-2, and View of Sydney from the...

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New South Wales, View of Sydney from the east side of the cove, no.1-2, and View of Sydney from the west side of the Cove, no.1-2, ca. 1808 / by John Eyre, engraved by Clark

About this item

Full title

New South Wales, View of Sydney from the east side of the cove, no.1-2, and View of Sydney from the west side of the Cove, no.1-2, ca. 1808 / by John Eyre, engraved by Clark

Author / Creator

Date

London: J. Booth, 4 June 1810

Record Identifier

npAd7Ex1

Reference Code

840000

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

4 prints (2 panoramas) - hand-coloured aquatints

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955

Please acknowledge : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales

Physical Access Conditions

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Four plates have been joined to form two panoramas, each pasted down on a backing sheet with a hand-drawn frame around it

Alternative Titles

Full title

New South Wales, View of Sydney from the east side of the cove, no.1-2, and View of Sydney from the west side of the Cove, no.1-2, ca. 1808 / by John Eyre, engraved by Clark

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Collation notes by P.M.J. ca.1947 are at Ap 93

Transferred from DG XV1/14-15

Wooden frame made ca. 1952 for this pair is at F12
Keys were made for Eyre panoramas (DG XV1/14-15) and the Watling oils (DG 56;ML 443). Eyre keys without text filed in picture store room, April 1978.

Date note

Mann left Sydney March 1809. 1806 view shows no sign of Nichols' premises, shows rocks near bridge and Lord's warehouse going up. No sign of foundations of Commissariat Stores, partly laid by 22 January, 1809. Nichols granted lease November 1808 on ground of his having erected a dwelling house and storehouses (Weingarth in Royal Australian Historic...

Description source

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1951

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

npAd7Ex1

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Other Identifiers

Reference code

840000

How to access this item

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