• Title
  Photographs of Dawes Point Battery, Campbell’s Wharf and The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, attributed to Freeman Brothers
• Creator
  Freeman Brothers
• Call number
  PXD 1588
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  probably between 1858 and 1864
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9668391
• Physical Description
  7 photographic prints on 4 sheets - irregular images 21 x 35 cm or smaller, on sheets 44 x 34 cm - albumen
  
• Collection history
  The property of the late James Stevens Cox, F.S.A. Forum Auctions, London, May 27 2021, Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, Lot 276. Reference: Forum Auctions. https://www.forumauctions.co.uk (accessed August 15 2022)
• Scope and Content
  Comprises 7 photographic prints (on 4 loose album pages) of Sydney.
  
  1a. Sydney. Ft. Macquarie [view from Dawes Point Battery looking towards Fort Macquarie]
  1b. Sydney. The Docks [view of Campbell's Wharf]
  2a. Sydney. The Docks [view of Campbell's Wharf]
  2b. Sydney. The Harbour [view of Campbell's Cove from Dawes Point Battery]
  3a. The Harbour. Sydney [view of Dawes Point Battery and Sydney Harbour with artillery officers firing cannons]
  3b. Artillery Barracks. Sydney. [view of Artillery Barracks, Dawes Point]
  4. Govt Domain. Sydney [view of The Domain, Sydney, with Government House at right and gatehouse at left]
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titled in ink or pencil mainly below images on mount. Additional descriptive information in square brackets supplied by cataloguer.
• General note
  
  Nos. 1a, 2b and 2a form a three-plate panorama of Campbell’s Wharf and Dawes Point Battery.
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Attributed to Freeman Brothers by vendor.
  The panorama of Campbell's Wharf and Dawes Point (nos. 1-3) is similar to an 1864 view attributed to Freeman Brothers or Prout held by the Library at Mitchell Library call no. SV/12.
  In 1858, two advertisements in The Sydney Morning Herald by Freeman Brothers offer for sale “some beautiful views, with groups of the Officers of the Artillery” and “a series of small views of the harbour, taken from the Royal Artillery Barracks”.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
  Advertising (1858, May 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28631757
  Advertising (1858, September 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13017003
• Date note
  
  Dated by the vendor c. 1859.
  Nos. 2-3 held by the Library at Dixson Library call no. DL Pf 147 dated ca. 1860s.
• Subject
  Barracks--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  Fortification--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  Photography, Panoramic--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Ships--Photographs.
  Soldiers--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  Wharves--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  
• Place
  Campbell's Cove (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Campbell's Wharf (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Dawes' Battery (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Dawes Point (N.S.W.)
  Domain, The (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Fort Macquarie (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)--Photographs.
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Photographs.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21124478

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