• Title
  Linnwood House, Guildford, New South Wales, 1892 / by John Campbell
• Creator
  John Campbell, 1855-1924
• Call number
  V/306
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1892
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  1001043
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - 42 x 65.5 cm - with gouache
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Campbell (1855-1924) was a scenic painter who migrated to Australia from Scotland in early 1880s. Linnwood House was built in 1891 by George McCredie (1859-1903), a prominent businessman of the day, Mayor of Holroyd, and Independent member for the State seat of Central Cumberland.
  
  The owner of this property, George McCredie (1859-1903) was connected with the Rocks Plague of 1900. Two months after plague broke out on 19 January 1900, McCredie was appointed to take charge of all quarantine activities in the Sydney area.
  
  Reference:
  library correspondence file
• Collection history
  Original owner, Jean Appleton, N.S.W., sold the work to a private collection in the ACT and it remained in the family until sale by Sotheby's Australia.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed and dated lower right 'John Campbell. Artist. 1892'.
• Subject
  Art, Australian--19th century.
  Flagpoles.
  Housing--New South Wales--Sydney.
  
• Topic
  houses
  drives
  paddocks
  
• Place
  Guildford (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8869080

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