Painting
Maker & role
George Edwards Peacock (b.1806, d.circa 1890), Artist
Production date
1847
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Object detail
Title
Port Jackson, NSW Government House, Fort Macquarie from the Botanical Gardens.
Production place
Collection
Measurements
1 - Painting, H: 14.5 x W: 19.5cm (H: 145 x W: 195mm); Frame, H: 25 x W: 30cm (H: 250 x W: 300mm)
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Signature & marks
- Inscribed with title and date on reverse of painting.*
- Clyde Bank label (printed & handwritten label) on upper centre of frame reverse - 'CLYDE BANK/ 43 LOWER FORT STREET/ THE ROCKS, SYDNEY 2000/ TELEPHONE: (02) 9241 4776/ FACSIMILE: (02) 9251 4991' (printed). ‘P521/ George Edward Peacock (1806.?)/ PoRt JAcksoN N.S.W. GoveRnment/ House. FoRt MAcquaRie from the/ BotaNicAL GArdens. 1847' (handwritten).
- Paddington Frames label (typed) on lower centre of frame reverse - 'Paddington Frames / Pty Ltd / Exhibition & Custom Picture Framers / 18 Queen St. Chippendale 2008 / (02) 9319 3139 / A.C.N. 002 623485'.
- Handwritten wooden plaque attached to centre of frame reverse – ‘Port Jackson N.S.W./ Government House & fort Macquarie/ from the Botanical Gardens/ 1847’.
* Markings recorded pre-HHT by Clyde Bank staff before framing. These markings need to be sighted and confirmed when de-framed.
- Clyde Bank label (printed & handwritten label) on upper centre of frame reverse - 'CLYDE BANK/ 43 LOWER FORT STREET/ THE ROCKS, SYDNEY 2000/ TELEPHONE: (02) 9241 4776/ FACSIMILE: (02) 9251 4991' (printed). ‘P521/ George Edward Peacock (1806.?)/ PoRt JAcksoN N.S.W. GoveRnment/ House. FoRt MAcquaRie from the/ BotaNicAL GArdens. 1847' (handwritten).
- Paddington Frames label (typed) on lower centre of frame reverse - 'Paddington Frames / Pty Ltd / Exhibition & Custom Picture Framers / 18 Queen St. Chippendale 2008 / (02) 9319 3139 / A.C.N. 002 623485'.
- Handwritten wooden plaque attached to centre of frame reverse – ‘Port Jackson N.S.W./ Government House & fort Macquarie/ from the Botanical Gardens/ 1847’.
* Markings recorded pre-HHT by Clyde Bank staff before framing. These markings need to be sighted and confirmed when de-framed.
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
Caroline Simpson Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Port Jackson, NSW Government House, Fort Macquarie from the Botanical Gardens (1847)
Description
'Port Jackson, NSW Government House, Fort Macquarie from the Botanical Gardens', 1847, by George Edwards Peacock. This oil painting shows the newly completed Government House and Fort Macquarie. The building of Government House commenced in 1837 and first occupied by Governor Gipps in 1845. It was designed by Edward Blore, Special Architect to King William IV and later Queen Victoria, under the supervision of the Colonial Architect, Mortimer Lewis.
Accession number
MOS2005/30-1
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