• Title
  [Panorama of Hobart 1828 - watercolour drawings by Augustus Earle]
• Creator
  Augustus Earle, 1793-1838
• Call number
  DGD 14
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1828
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  447957
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - Watercolour and pencil drawing, on six sheets. One sheet watermarked "Whatman 1826" - 37 cm approx x 222 cm
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955.
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  These drawings were the basis of a panorama, painted by Robert Burford, which was displayed in London in 1831 - "The Times" (London) 19 March 1831.
  
  A guide, with an etched frontispiece of the panorama, was published to accompany it: "Description of a view of Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, and the surrounding country : now exhibiting at the Panorama, Strand / painted by the proprietor, Mr. R. Burford", London, 1831. The frontispiece suggests that one sheet of the panorama, from the right hand side, is missing as its view is more extensive than the panorama.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823681
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  A key to the major features of each sheet is inscribed beneath each image
• Date note
  
  No date, but very likely late October-early November 1828. Earle arrived in Hobart from Sydney on 18 October 1828 on HMS Rainbow which then departed for India (with Earle on board) on 11 November 1828 (see The Australian 10 October 1828 p.3; The Tasmanian 24 October 1828 p.2; and Hobart Town Courier, 15 November 1828 p.2). Earle includes a drawing of the Rainbow in the third sheet of the panorama. Date of watermarked paper is 1826.
• Topic
  panoramic views
  
• Place
  Derwent River (Tas.)
  Hobart (Tas.)
  Mulgrave Battery (Battery Point, Hobart, Tas.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  An unbroken view - early nineteenth century panoramas - State Library of New South Wales (10 June - 15 October, 2006). Exhibited as photographic reproduction only.
  On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes - State Library of New South Wales (November 2006 - February 2007)
  Grand Vistas - Panoramas from the collection - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2022 - April, 2023)
  Charles Darwin Down Under 1836 - State Library of New South Wales
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE15182167

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