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[Elizabeth Bay and Sydney from Mrs Darling's Point Road] / Conrad Martens
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Title:
[Elizabeth Bay and Sydney from Mrs Darling's Point Road] / Conrad Martens
Creator:
Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878.
Date:
[1847?]
Format:
1 painting : watercolour and gouache on paper ; 31 x 43 cm.
Inscription:
Signed lower left.
Subject:
Elizabeth Bay House (Elizabeth Bay, N.S.W.)
Elizabeth Bay (Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.)
Description:
This picture relates to another watercolour, dated 1848, in the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW [DGV*/Sp.Coll./Martens/8]. Martens' account book records the sale of several views of Sydney from Mrs Darling's Point Road, both watercolours and oils, the first in April 1847. [Mitchell Library ZDL MS142] The sale of a watercolour titled 'View Sydney from Mrs Darling's Pt Road' to the merchant James Levick on 20 August 1847 for 5 guineas may be a reference to this picture.
The view is from the heights of Darling Point, with Elizabeth Bay House centre left, Garden Island centre right, the city beyond and the Blue Mountains on the horizon.
Provenance:
Sotheby's Fine Australian and International Paintings, Sydney, 15 & 16 August 2000, lot 331;Caroline Simpson Collection, Clyde Bank, The Rocks, Sydney, 2000-2004.
Source:
Elizabeth Bay House ; EB2005/13
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
32558
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