Primary Artist

Robert Russell (1808–1900)

Title

Catholic Chapel (Hyde Park).

Date made

1836

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2079

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'CATHOLIC CHAPEL (Hyde Park) / Printed, Published and Sold by J.G. Austin 15 Hunter St Sydney.'.

Matrix size

16.1 x 24.4 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

77529

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