• Title
  A view of the west side of Sydney cove, [c.1803 / attributed to G. W. Evans]
• Creator
  George William Evans, 1780-1852
• Call number
  DG V1/73
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [ca. 1803]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  455965
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour - 19 x 62.2 cm. inside frame lines
  
• Collection history
  Purchased by Sir William Dixson from the collection of Viscount Sydney in 1915.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Unsigned, undated and untitled.
  `By Evans' is written in pencil in the margin in Sir William Dixson's hand. Titled below frame lines at lower centre. The inscription has been compared with Evans hand but does not seem similar. Notes on attribution and dating of this and other paintings by Evans is located at PXn 265.
  Purchased by Sir William Dixson from the collection of Viscount Sydney at Frognal, Kent, 1915. Listed in the Dixson Library catalogue 91/518 as `Unframed drawings - Two old views of Sydney in colour, 12 in x 20 in and 7 in x 24 in'. By `Evans' is written in pencil in the margin in Sir William Dixson's hand
  Frame at F455
  Bound with the photo is outline sketch, and key identifying most of the buildings shown
  Digital order no:a928943
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  
• Topic
  bays
  harbours
  settlements
  ships
  
• Place
  Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes - State Library of New South Wales (6 November, 2006 - 9 February, 2007)
  Dixson 60 - State Library of New South Wales (March, 2013)

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