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Title:
Meroogal, 1903 / John Samuel Browning
Creator:
Browning, John Samuel, 1831-1909.
Date:
1903
Format:
1 painting : watercolour on paper ; 20 x 25.5 cm.
Inscription:
Signed and dated lower right: J. S. B. 1903. Pencil inscription on verso: Dr J. Dick / "Catfoss" / Belmore Rd / Randwick.
Subject:
historic buildings
gables
picket fences
iron lace
Gothic revival (architecture)
bargeboards
balconies
Meroogal (Nowra, N.S.W.)
Description:
Meroogal, on the corner of West and Worrigee Streets, was built in 1885-1886 for Mrs Jessie Catherine Thorburn and her unmarried children. The house was designed by Jessie Thorburn's brother Kenneth McKenzie and built on land purchased by her eldest son Robert Taylor Thorburn. Meroogal is now a house museum managed by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
John Samuel Browning, the creator of this watercolour drawing was a friend of the Thorburn family. He was a retired civil servant who had been Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor in Nelson, New Zealand.
Published in:
Joy Hughes and Meredith Walker
Meroogal, Nowra: a history and guide
Sydney, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, 1988, cover, p.19; Janet K. Ramsay
The women of Meroogal
Sydney, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, 1988, p.57.
Source:
Meroogal ; M86/147
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 the
Historic Houses Trust
to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
41531
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