View Harbour & [Governor Bourke's] Statue, 1842 / oil painting by Conrad Martens
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View Harbour & [Governor Bourke's] Statue, 1842 / oil painting by Conrad Martens
View Harbour & [Governor Bourke's] Statue, 1842 / oil painting by Conrad Martens
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1842
Call Numbers
ML 99 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, West Wall, no. 120
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 46 x 65.5 cm - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955<br>
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Copy print : ML 99
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More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Bourkes State was executed by Edward Baily R.A. (1788-1867) and unveiled by Governor's successor, Sir George Gipps, on 11 April 1842. It was moved a short distance to the present site outside the Mitchell Library Building in 1926 after the erection of the Shakespeare Memorial nearby.
Reference:
Conrad Martens : life and art / Elizabeth E...
Alternative Titles
Full title
View Harbour & [Governor Bourke's] Statue, 1842 / oil painting by Conrad Martens
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Copy Print : ML 99 available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Digital order no:62708
Description source
Title taken from Conrad Martens' Account Book (now in the Dixson Library) in which he listed all his sales. This painting was listed on 27 June 1842 as "View Harbour & Statue Lewis [erased, and replaced with] P.W. Flower Esq."
Object History
Presented to the National Art Gallery, Sydney, by Sir Thomas Lane Devitt 1891
Contextual Information
Source
Presented to the Art Gallery of NSW by Sir Thomas L Devitt, 1891; transferred to the Mitchell Library, February 1926
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 99 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 2, West Wall, no. 120
Record Identifier
npAdkv51
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdkv51
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404944
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