Catholic Chapel (Hyde Park).

Primary Artist

Robert Russell (1808–1900)

Title

Catholic Chapel (Hyde Park).

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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013