Catholic Chapel (Hyde Park).
Primary Artist
Robert Russell (1808–1900)
Title
Source
Austin, John G. A series of lithographic drawings of Sydney and its environs. Sydney: J. G. Austin and Co., 1836
Page or Plate number
plate 2
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2079
Date made
1836
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured
Matrix size
16.1 x 24.4 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
23.4 x 30.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Sydney scene: Catholic chapel (now St. Mary's Cathedral) in the background with older Hyde Park buildings in the foreground. An Aboriginal group comprising two men, a woman and two children are on the dirt road in front.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
77529
Accession number
88.703
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 11, 1987/88 (1988-06-28)
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1988
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
J.G. Austin & Co. | (1836–1837) Australian | Organisation | printer
Russell, Robert. | (1808–1900) English | Male | artist
J.G. Austin & Co. | (1836–1837) Australian | Organisation | publisher