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 floating light
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). ‘P524/ George Edward Peacock (1806?)/ PoRt JacksoN N.S.W. FLoating Light. 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 – ‘No 4/ FLOATING LIGHT PORT JACKSON/ N.S.W./ NORTH HEAD ON THE RIGHT/ MIDDLE HEAD ON THE LEFT/ (MORNING]/ G - PEACOCK 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). ‘P524/ George Edward Peacock (1806?)/ PoRt JacksoN N.S.W. FLoating Light. 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 – ‘No 4/ FLOATING LIGHT PORT JACKSON/ N.S.W./ NORTH HEAD ON THE RIGHT/ MIDDLE HEAD ON THE LEFT/ (MORNING]/ G - PEACOCK 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 view from Lady Darling Point (1847)
Description
‘Port Jackson NSW Floating Light, 1847, by George Edwards Peacock. This oil painting features a moored, manned floating light vessel The Rose, intended to alert shipping vessels to a dangerous reef known as Sow and Pigs Reef, inside the Heads off Watsons Bay Sydney Harbour, the primary access point to Sydney at that time.
Accession number
MOS2005/30-4
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