• Title
  Govemt [i.e. Government] House, Sydney, 1819 / [watercolour drawing attributed to J. Lycett]
• Creator
  Joseph Lycett, ca. 1775-1828
• Call number
  V1/Pub/Gov H/5
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1819
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  446138
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour drawing - 32.7 x 44.1 cm. (within framelines) ; 35.7 x 46.9 cm. (sheet)
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The work is not signed.
  Above frame lines is a pencil inscription in an unknown hand, "Government House Sydney"
  This drawing was formerly attributed to J.W. Lewin, however, the work bears stylistic similarities to Joseph Lycett. -- Manager, Original Materials, March 2005.
  Digital order no:a928164
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled and dated in ink on reverse, at lower right, "Govemnt House / Sydney / John Watts / ADC / March 1819"
  Across centre back in pencil (almost illegible), "With View of Government House from the Cove"
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Billy Blue's house, domed roof, left
• Topic
  bays
  buildings, structures & establishments
  official residences
  
• Place
  Government House (Bridge St., Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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