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421054
  • Title
    Port Jackson NSW distant view from above Rose Bay - on the South Head Road, 1847 / painted by G. E. Peacock
  • Creator
  • Call number
    ML 238
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1847
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421054
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 painting - 14.3 x 19.4 cm. ; framed 24.3 x 29.2 cm. - oil on board
  • Scope and Content
    Looking down the Harbour towards Sydney from Vaucluse. Shark Island is visible in the foreground.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    This view had been established as an important one for nearly fifty years. William Westall, George William Evans, John Eyre, Joseph Lycett and Conrad Martens had all painted it.
    Reference: George Edwards Peacock exhibition catalogue. State Library of New South Wales, 2002
    Oil painting and frame conserved with the generous support of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, 2001-2002.
    Digital order no:a128042
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Titled on label on reverse, in Peacock's hand, and signed: "G.E. Peacock 1847"
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  • Exhibited in
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