• Title
  Draper’s Commercial Hotel, Mittagong, New South Wales, by Arthur Streeton
• Creator
  Arthur Streeton, Sir, 1867-1943
• Call number
  SV/375
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1892
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  9670241
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - 24 x 30 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  During the 1890s, Arthur Streeton (1867-1943) travelled to inland areas of New South Wales to paint, visiting Mittagong in the latter part of 1892. In November 1892, Streeton wrote a series of letters to Tom Roberts, G. W. Marshall-Hall and Theodore Fink from the Commercial Hotel, Mittagong, his letters including descriptions of the hotel and its owner.
  
  The Commercial Hotel, Mittagong, was built by Frederick Draper in 1875. The third storey of the hotel was demolished in the 1920s during renovations. Fred Draper, whom Streeton probably presented this watercolour to, died in 1893, aged 56 years.
  
  References
  Letters from Smike : the letters of Arthur Streeton, 1890-1943 / compiled and edited by Ann Galbally & Anne Gray. Balmain, NSW : Ligature Pty Limited, 2021
  1893 'A Sad End.', Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer (NSW : 1884 - 1901), 20 May, p. 2. , viewed 14 Feb 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112357919
  Berrima District Historical & Family History Society. A guide to historic sites of Mittagong.
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  Originally enclosed in a copy of a 1935 Arthur Streeton catalogue raisonne, Berrima. Private collection, Adelaide. Private collection, Melbourne. Reference: Library correspondence file
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Verso inscribed and signed by artist, accompanied by pencil sketches.
  
  Inscriptions verso:
  ‘To Fred Draper (the olde bird) as a slight unfinished memento of his friend, & trusting that he will be good & play plucky to the last. Arthur Streeton' ;
  ‘In off the red and cannon, play your own game “old burd” – Ha Ha!' ;
  ‘…mince or cold meat? Steak please'.
• Subject
  Hotels--New South Wales--Mittagong--Pictorial works.
  
• Place
  Mittagong (N.S.W.)--Pictorial works.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20821271

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