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Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

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    Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

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    V/177

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    nZNvq8jn

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    Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

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    Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

    Full title

    Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

    Author / Creator

    Wilson, James Glen, 1827-1863

    Date

    1854

    Call Numbers

    V/177

    Record Identifier

    nZNvq8jn

    Formats

    Pictures and Drawings

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 drawing on paper on card - 12.1 x 54 cm - in mount

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955

    Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    University of Sydney (N.S.W.) Toll Gate (Parramatta Road, Sydney, N.S.W.) Sydney (N.S.W.) Victoria Park (Sydney, N.S.W.) Camperdown (N.S.W.) colonial art universities city & town views parks tollgates toll-gates Cities and towns--New South Wales--Sydney

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    This view is taken from the site of Sydney University where the buildings stand, with Lake Northam in foreground, looking east.

    It shows, left to right, the spire of St James Church, the first St Mary's Cathedral, the old Tollhouse, Christ Church, Cooper's Mills, Benevolent Asylum, St Benedict's Church, Tooth's Brewery, Victoria Barracks, Sh...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Site of new university, 1854 / probably by James Glen Wilson, R.N.

    Variant title

    Titled `Panorama of Sydney in 1854' in the Sydney Mail, 14 January 1888, pp. 81-82

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    — NOTES

    General note

    Transferred from V1/c.1855/1

    Digital order no:a1528379

    Signature / Inscriptions

    Titled, lower left; `R.N.', lower left

    Attributions / Conjectures

    Attributed to James Glen Wilson in the Sydney Mail, 14 January, 1888, pp 81-82

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Administrative / Biographical history

    James Glen Wilson was an Irish artist and photographer commissioned into the Royal Navy for the survey voyages of HMS Herald, recording discoveries in the Pacific. This image would have been made during the Herald's second visit to Sydney from 1 January - 27 May 1854.

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    Call Numbers

    V/177

    Record Identifier

    nZNvq8jn

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvq8jn

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    825560

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