Caroline Simpson Collection

Rouse Hill House, probably late 1870 or early 1871 / American & Australasian Photographic Company

American and Australasian Photographic Company.
Merlin, Henry Beaufoy, 1830-1873.

[1870?]

1 carte-de-visite ; b & w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm.

Verso carries the printed trade card of the 'American & Australasian Photographic Company / Sydney Office / 324 George Street' and Beaufoy Merlin's printed signature and is numbered, in pencil: 14384.

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Rouse Hill House (N.S.W.)

This northerly view of Rouse Hill House, taken during the occupancy of Hannah T. Rouse (1819-1907), shows the front lawn laid out with diamond shaped garden beds and an ornamental tree on the carriage circle. Just visible behind the main block of the house is the two-storey kitchen wing added to the house by Hannah and her husband Edwin Rouse (1806-1862) after Edwin inherited the property following the death of his father Richard Rouse in 1852. The elegant canopied verandah, along with other additions commissioned by Edwin and Hannah, was added by Parramatta architect and builder, James Houison in 1857-58. The two storey kitchen wing was added by Hannah in 1865 following her husband's death and is also attributed to Houison. On the far right of the picture, the early 19th century stables building (demolished ca.1876-7) is also just visible.

One of 151 photographs in an album inscribed: Alice Rouse. Alice Rouse, nee Hayle (died 1919) married William Charles Rouse in Mudgee NSW in 1874. He was a son of George and Elizabeth Rouse and a grandson of Richard Rouse (1774-1852), builder of Rouse Hill House.

Rouse Hill House & Farm ; R100/1:141

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