Watercolour

Maker & role
George William Evans (b.1780, d.1852), Artist
 Production date
circa 1804
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Object detail

Title
View of the western side of Sydney Cove.
Production place
Sydney/NSW/Australia
Collection
Museum of Sydney
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 18.1 x W: 58.5cm (H: 181 x W: 585mm)
Subject Place
Sydney Cove/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Hyde Park Barracks/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Dawes Point Battery (dism c1830)/Dawes Point/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Signature & marks
- Inscribed in ink lower right: G.W. Evans
- Inscribed vertically in pencil above relevant features, left to right: Military Barracks; Orphan House [formerly Captain Kent's]; Church [St Phillips]; Gaol [George Street]; Mr Letchs [Observatory Hill]; Fort Phillip; [Dawes'] Battery
Credit line
Gift, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2004
Caroline Simpson Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
View of the western side of Sydney Cove (c1804)
Description
'View of the Western Side of Sydney Cove', c.1804, by George William Evans, pencil, ink & watercolour. This work was probably commissioned by Governor Philip Gidley King when Evans held the position of acting Surveyor-General of Sydney. The date attributed is based on the appearance of St Phillip's Church, which was completed in 1804, and the absence of James Underwood's house (finished 1805).
Accession number
MOS2005/22

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