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Black and white enlargement of 'Circular Quay, looking West', at leaf 1b.

Circular Quay, looking West / Matthew Fortescue Moresby, photographer

All photographs were cut from an album and all but 16 inserted into a new album by donor, with her identifications. The 16 loose photographs were made into a booklet in the Mitchell Library.

Watercolour sketch is titled 'Sidney Cottage Sept 27th 1852'.

Contents list filed with collection.

Views in Sydney and portraits, 1856-1860 / Matthew Fortescue Moresby, photographer

Comprises an album (approx. 20.0 x 27.0 x 2.0 cm) containing 11 pencil sketches and 9 watercolours, ca. 1830-1850, and 15 photographic prints by Matthew Fortescue Moresby, ca. 1856-1860 (mostly albumen, possibly some of prints are salt prints)

1. The room with the Portrait! - a loose pencil sketch showing a man entering a room with a portrait of a man over the fireplace
2. [Partial pencil sketch of a road and bridge or fence]
3. [Pencil sketch of trees and a bridge or fence] - inscribed in pencil 'Water'[?] at bottom of sketch
4. St Heliers, 10th August 1831 [watercolour]
5. Continuation from preceding Page, 10 August 1831 [watercolour]
6. St Heliers from the orchard at the back of the House, 30th August 1831 [watercolour]
7. Front view of St Heliers, 1st Sept. 1831 [watercolour]
8. [Pencil sketch of house amongst trees and hills]
9. View near Segenhoe, on the Page [watercolour]
10-15. [Pencil sketches of fenced garden with fenced paddocks and mountains in background]
16. [Watercolour of a verandahed house, outbuilding, and garden]
17. [Watercolour of outbuilding and garden] - different view of building depicted in Item 16
18. [Watercolour of bush landscape, ca. 1845-1850 / attributed to the circle of Conrad Martens] - on card fixed into album
19. [Watercolour of Sydney from St Leonards, ca. 1845-1850 / attributed to the circle of Conrad Martens] - on card fixed into album
20. [Photograph of cabbage tree palm, Tivoli, Sydney] / MFM [i.e. Matthew Fortescue Moresby].  Identified from similar photograph at PXA 6/16
21-22. [Photographs of Sydney Harbour taken from the roof of Government House]
23-26. [Photographs of Sydney Cove taken from Government House]
27. [Photograph of Sydney Cove taken from Government House including view of Customs House]
28. [Photograph of rocky foreshore and jetty[?]]
29. [Photograph of ship, possibly Iris]
30. [Photograph of unidentified ship]
31. [Photograph of birds and nest]
32-34. [Photographs of paintings and statue]
35. [Pencil sketch of floor plan of Syndale Park] - rooms on the plan are named, including one named 'Colvile's private Room [?]'.
Charlotte Darling (1831-1912), third daughter of Sir Ralph Darling and Eliza Dumaresq, married Kent Hyde Francis Colvile of Syndale Park, on 19 June 1850.

Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., ca. 1830-1860 / drawings chiefly by Christiana Susan Dumaresq and photographs attributed to Matthew Fortescue Moresby

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Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., ca. 1830-1860 / drawings chiefly by Christiana Susan Dumaresq and photographs attributed to Matthew...

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