• Title
  [Four sketches of the Tamar River and entrance near Launceston; one of the Midlands Highway, Tasmania] 1857 / watercolours by Frederick Garling
• Creator
  Frederick Garling, 1806-1873
• Call number
  PXA 824
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1857
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  402292
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 8.4 x 25 cm (or smaller) - 5 watercolours with pencil
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Launceston Heads & [Low Head] Light House. S1/2E.
  2. Launceston Heads - Flagstaff E; Pilot Station
  3. Point Effingham; Middle Head on the Tamar
  4. Pig Island 5 miles from Launceston 1857
  5. Telegraph wires on the road [Midlands Highway] to Hobart Town
• General note
  
  No. 5 records a very early image of the telegraph which was installed between Hobart and Launceston in 1857
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823829
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titles of nos 3-5 are inscribed on the images in pencil by the artist; nos 1-3 are inscribed in ink beneath images in a later hand
• Topic
  coaches (horsedrawn)
  post offices
  power & telegraph lines
  telegraphy
  
• Place
  Low Head (Tas.)
  Midlands Highway (Tas.)
  Tamar River (Tas.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Frederick Garling exhibition

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