Item 02: The Coal River or Port of Newcastle New South Wales ... / watercolour drawing possibly by J...
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Item 02: The Coal River or Port of Newcastle New South Wales ... / watercolour drawing possibly by John William Lewin
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SAFE/PXD 942/2
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Y0KDrrD1
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Item 02: The Coal River or Port of Newcastle New South Wales ... / watercolour drawing possibly by John William Lewin
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Item 02: The Coal River or Port of Newcastle New South Wales ... / watercolour drawing possibly by John William Lewin
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Date
1808
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 942/2
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— Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 24.2 x 61.9 cm irregular - watercolour and pencil
— Other Descriptions
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Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Item 02: The Coal River or Port of Newcastle New South Wales ... / watercolour drawing possibly by John William Lewin
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Artists
— NOTES
General note
Family tradition attributes this drawing to William Bligh. However it is unclear from the inscription on its reverse whether Bligh claims authorship of it, or is simply stating that he arranged for an original drawing by Mr Cockril to be copied. It possible that this copy was made by John Lewin as it is stylistically similar to other works by him....
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled on reverse in ink. Title continues "Taken from a Sketch of Mr Cockril Master of a Brig / From England in 1808 and arranged by Governor Bligh / WB"
The drawing is inscribed in ink with the names of prominent features ("Kings Town" has been crossed out and replaced with "Newcastle") and soundings for the river. It has been suggested tha...
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Exhibited in
The City Unfolds
Early Newcastle Views
Lewin: Wild Art
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 942/2
Record Identifier
Y0KDrrD1
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
430517
