View of Double Bay, watercolour by John Campbell

P4/41

fonds

1895

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

9664544

1 watercolour - 44 X 74 cm - watercolour and gouache, on paper

John Campbell (1855-1924) was a scenic painter and decorator who migrated to Australia from Scotland in the early 1880s. By 1895 he is recorded as working in Sydney, and it is thought he may have lived in Parramatta whilst working in New South Wales. He travelled to or lived in Queensland for a time, and he was working in Brisbane in approximately 1889. By the early 1900s he had settled in Perth and is believed to have remained there until he died.
Reference: 'John Campbell'. Design and Art Australia Online. Accessed 14 July 2022

The painting was held in a private collection, Queensland; then by descent, private collection, Queensland (information supplied by vendor)

View looking south-east from a promontory of Darling Point down into Double Bay. Sailing boats and a jetty can be seen in the bay, and there are substantial buildings along the shoreline and further inland. Prominent in the right foreground is the corner of a large unidentified house, possibly Retford Hall. The corner of a high fence on the lower side is suggestive of a tennis court.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer

Transferred from XV/222, 23 June 2023

Signed and dated lower right

Watercolour removed from frame by SLNSW Conservators, 2022