Panoramic view of Sydney, New South Wales, before 1865 / photographed by J. Degotardi
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Panoramic view of Sydney, New South Wales, before 1865 / photographed by J. Degotardi
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ML 1340
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YEGm4Grn
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Panoramic view of Sydney, New South Wales, before 1865 / photographed by J. Degotardi
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
before 1865
Call Numbers
ML 1340
Record Identifier
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
— Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 26 x 156 cm. on paper mount 31 x 164 cm in timber frame 81 x 180 cm., glass fronted - albumen photoprint (panorama)
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created died before 1955
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
16 points of interest are numbered on the panorama, then named on mount underneath:
1. Garden Island
2. Macquarie's Chair
3. Rushcutter's Bay
4. Milson's Point (North Shore)
5. Fort Macquarie
6. Government House
7. Circular Quay
8. North Shore
9. St James Church (opposite Royal Mint)
10. Observatory & flagstaff
...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Panoramic view of Sydney, New South Wales, before 1865 / photographed by J. Degotardi
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
Transferred from XV1/c.1870/2 Mar. 2004
Photograph taken from the North Shore, looking across to the city on the left and Parramatta River etc. on the right
Digital order no:a128637
Signature / Inscriptions
"J.Degotardi / Sydney / 287 George St" -- beneath title, on mount
"Thomas Coke Burnell / from his affectionate cousins Adolphe & Margaret Reibins; in remembrance of his sojourn in Sydney from Dec. 1870 to Feb. 28th 1871" -- at right, on mount
Date note
Previously dated ca. 1870
This image is pre-1865 (not ca. 1870): the photo shows the Water Police Station (built 1838) at the north eastern tip of Goat Island in an operational state as a Water Police Station, with its adjacent flag telegraph pole (erection of which is mentioned in documentary sources), and, the photo does not show the Artillery...
Conservation note
Torn vertically in 2 at left
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
ML 1340
Record Identifier
YEGm4Grn
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
439957
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